Blue Springs police seek one more location for satellite office

Blue Springs Police Chief Wayne McCoy is still searching for the last location for the department’s satellite office.
Two offices – at the Villas of Autumn Bend and the Autumn Place complex – are already opening and functioning, and so far McCoy has said they have been a success.
But finding the last office in District 1 is proving difficult.
“There just aren’t the kinds of developments and spaces in that district than there are in the others,” he said. “We’re asking anyone with a small office, a store front, something like that to donate the space.”
The offices are individually called the Community Crime Prevention satellite office. Operating at each is a crime prevention officer, who is available on site from 5-7 p.m. each Tuesday. The office at the Villas of Autumn Bend is open during the same times but on Thursdays.
Discussions at the site include how residents can protect themselves and their property; ID theft prevention; and identifying drug activity. Free brochures are available at the site, with topics including personal safety, property protection and ensuring child safety.
Crime prevention officers can also provide bicycle registration materials at the office, as well as the means to engrave identifying information on electronics and other valuables. Also using the facility will be the citizen academy alumni group, volunteers in policing service, and neighborhood watch groups.
The offices are designed to encourage interaction with citizens, as well as provide a provide a conspicuous presence of police in the neighborhoods.
Anyone with information can call 816-228-0150.