24-05-2025
Armed security coming to Grand Boulevard in the downtown loop
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Downtown Council of Kansas City Vice President Sean O'Byrne said armed security guards could be coming soon to Grand Boulevard.
O'Byrne said he wants three armed guards to roam Grand Boulevard from 6th Street on the north to 14th Street on the south from 2 p.m. until midnight.
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He told FOX4 the guards will work with their safety ambassadors, hitting areas of the Central Business District. They'll interact with existing security that looks over bus stops. He also said the guards will provide security to the hotels in that area.
'And that is as a result of activities that have been acting in and around there,' O'Byrne said to FOX4. 'It is all crimes of nuisance, and it's property crimes. It is not violent crime that we're talking about.'
O'Byrne said they're rolling out this plan in the first part of next month. O'Byrne was at FOX4 Friday to be on Sunday, May 25's episode of '4 The People.' FOX4 will post it online later that day.
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