Gladstone Dept of Public Safety
The City of Gladstone experiences considerable vehicular traffic that originates and/or terminates within Kansas City. Statistical data from the 449 accidents that were investigated by Gladstone Police for the calendar year 2020 reveals approximately 60% of the drivers involved in traffic accidents are non-residents of Gladstone. Gladstone residents account for about 30% of the drivers involved in traffic accidents. The 2020 Annual Report reveals only 28.264% of the drivers of all traffic stops made by Gladstone police officers were residents of Gladstone. The traffic accident data and the annual report on traffic stops clearly supports the conclusion the majority of the vehicular traffic in Gladstone is non-residents of the city and therefore the conclusions drawn by analyzing traffic stops is flawed when comparing the data against the recorded minority population living in Gladstone. Additional emphasis has been placed on educating our police officers. Officers are required to take online training on Biased-based Profiling/Racial Profiling/Fair & Impartial Policing. All Gladstone officers are required to participate in “De-Escalation Through Social Intelligence” in