Carl Junction Police Dept
Hwy. 171, which is a major highway connecting Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri, goes through our city. It connects with Hwy. 49 to Arkansas, and Hwy. 71 to Kansas City, It is also the main road between Pittsburg State University in Kansas to Joplin, Missouri. Due to this corridor there is a much larger percentage of all races/ethnicities passing through that is not reflected in our city population.