Several departments of law enforcement teamed up in the joint enforcement operation.
In the works for month, the effort comes as St.
Joseph is seeing an uptick in crimes.
For local law enforcement as several departments came together in efforts to make streets safer in st.
Joe, good evening i'm alan van zandt.
This comes just days after the community said goodbye to a two year old whose life was cut tragically short to gun violence.
Kq2's ron johnson is joining us now live from "empower u" downtown where the community is meeting this evening to discuss ways of curbing violence and improving relations between police and the public, ron?
Alan, good evening that meeting is set to start at 6:30 here at empower u, the mayor's committee on racial equality will be recent violence st.
Joseph has seen over the last few weeks.
That group is made up of community members who want to see less crime in the city and better relations between police and the serve.
Committee members told me last night's joint police operation in the city will be one of their main topics of discussion tonight.
St.
Joseph, elwood and country club police departments teamed up with the missouri state highway patrol and buchanan county drug task force for that operation.
This video you're seeing is from near john lucas park some weeks back, but community what happened the city on the right track to a safer community.
(sot ) "get them off the streets."
The operation comes a little over a day after the community said goodbye to two year old raelynn craig, her life cut tragically short due to gun violence.
Police said a total of ninteen people were arrested in the operation and two firearms were recovered.
We'll have more from st.
Joseph police and concerned community members on our late news tonight.
For now live at empower u ron johnson kq2 news.
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