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Police Chief talks about Kansas City highway shooter arrest Kansas City Police Chief Daryl Forte talks about the work law enforcement put in to capture the Kansas City highway shootings suspect. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT AFTER THAT, WE WILL OPEN TO THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN GRANT. I WILL GO BACK TO WHERE THIS FIRST STARTED. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, AND THAT IS ON APRIL 3. THAT WAS ON A THURSDAY, AND OUR INFORMATION REVIEW, INFORMATION SHARING MEETING. WE HAD AN ANALYST THAT CONNECTED FOR CASES THAT HAPPENED IN THE KANSAS CITY AREAS'S AND THREE OTHERS OUTSIDE THE KANSAS CITY AREA. CAPTAIN LINDEMANN BROUGHT THAT TO SOME PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. THEY STARTED LOOKING AT CASES THROUGHOUT THE METRO AREA. AT MONDAY THE SEVENTH, WE HAD OUR FIRST FORMAL RE-THINK, AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW YESTERDAY WE APPREHENDED WHO WE THINK MIGHT BE THE SUSPECT INVOLVED IN THIS, SO WITHIN 10 DAYS OF OUR FIRST WARM OLD BRIEFING, WE HAD SOMEONE IN CUSTODY, AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE, IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF HERE. I WILL SAY MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON. IT IS A RESULT OF COOPERATION, COLLABORATION, AND TO ME THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS IMPORTANT. WE CAN HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT WITHOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD BE NOWHERE, AND THAT ISN'T A LOT OF THINGS WE DO. I WANT IS A THANK YOU, AND I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I TRULY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO. THE FBI, THE ATF, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, WE WORK WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS IN CHARGE, MIKE KATZ, GREG AND CAN'T OF ATF, WE TALK REGULARLY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION, THAT WAS ALREADY THERE FROM THE BEGINNING , I KNOW THE MEDIA CALLED IT A TASK FORCE. WE DID NOT CALL IT A TASK FORCE. WE DO THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS TOGETHER. WE JUST GOT TOGETHER ON THIS ONE WAS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WAS AT THE TABLE FROM DAY ONE. EVEN BEFORE WE HAD A TABLE, THEY WERE TALKING TO US BEFORE WE SET IT UP. AGAIN, SO MANY PEOPLE, MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL, THEY PROBABLY HAD NINE PEOPLE FROM THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. THAT IS HOW SERIOUS IT WAS TO THEM. LEAWOOD PETEY, GRAN WOULD -- LEEWOOD PD, GRANDVIEW PD. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE OF THE ANALYSTS DID NOT PUT THAT TOGETHER, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE TODAY. THEY PAID ATTENTION. OFTEN TIMES IN THE MEDIA PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WE ARE NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT, BUT IT IS A NEW DAY IN KANSAS CITY FOR US. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE ABOUT IT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE THE MILITARY. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET THE RESULT IF WE TALK ABOUT IT THEN, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO COME OUT AND TALK A LOT AND HAVE PRESS, DOES BEFORE HAND AND HAVE NO RESULTS IN SIX MONTHS. WE WILL TALK TO YOU WHEN WE NEED TO. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR MAYOR. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HIM. HE SUPPORTED US FROM DAY ONE. I TALKED TO HIM, I COULD NOT GIVE HIM A LOT OF DETAILS, BUT HE SUPPORTED, ENCOURAGED ALL OF US THERE. I TALKED TO HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND MANY CITIES, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN YOU TALK TO MY PEERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GET OUT OF FRONT OF THE CAMERA, PEOPLE WANT TO CALL A PRESS CONFERENCE TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I JUST THANK GOD FOR OUR MAYOR AND THE SUPPORT FOR THAT. I DO NOT WANT THAT TO GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT TO ME AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOURLY DETECTIVE ON THIS CASE, DON MCANINCH, AND BLAGO GROVE, THESE PEOPLE DID NOT GET A LOT OF SLEEP AND THEY WERE DEDICATED. WE HAD OVER 100 MEETINGS THAT WE FOLLOW -- LEADS THAT WE FOLLOWED AND THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN. I WANT TO BE MEDIA, TOO. -- THANK THE MEDIA, TOO. YOU DID NOT PUT OUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAUSE DISRUPTION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SOME OF YOU HAD INFORMATION AND WE TRY TO VERIFY IT AND WE DID NOT TELL YOU A LOT, BUT YOU DO NOT PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE OR HINT AT ANYTHING, AND YOU COULD HAVE REALLY MADE THIS CASE NOT BE LIKE IT IS TODAY, SO THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA. I DO NOT SAY THAT A WHOLE LOT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE MEDIA COMMAND THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU DID NOT TRY TO MAKE A STORY, AND I DO NOT WANT THAT TO GO UNNOTICED. AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FBI. THEY WERE AT THE TABLE, AND THEN SAID HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU ALL NEED, RIGHT AWAY, FIRST, SECOND DAY, WHAT DO YOU ALL NEED FOR TIPS, AND THAT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. EARLY ON IN THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, WE DECIDED WE WERE CLOSELY CONTROLLED THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE TO DO WELL WITHIN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE WANTED TO SAY SOME THINGS AM A BUT AS WE OUGHT ABOUT IT, WE DECIDED NOT TO, AND AGAIN IT HAS WORKED OUT WELL. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE WHAT WE STARTED WITH.