Blue Springs Police Dept
The City of Blue Springs is located in The Kansas City Metropolitan area along Interstate 70 and US 40 Highways. This route is heavily traveled between Kansas City and St. Louis with both in State and out of State travelers. Within the City, and in close proximity to the Interstate 70 corridor, are many restaurants and retail businesses to include a large shopping complex at Interstate 70 and Adams Dairy Parkway. In addition, the Blue Springs School District attracts a large number of students and visitors who are not actual residents of the City. These daily travelers greatly affect the population levels outside of those reflected in the State population estimates of drivers 16 and over, which in turn has an impact on the disparity index. The City of Blue Springs has made a strong commitment to protect citizens, both residents and non-residents, from racial or bias based profiling. In addition to the mandatory annual Racial Profiling training required by the State of Missouri, the members of the Blue Springs Police Department, both sworn and civilian, have been given additional POST certified training in this area.