Take Back Drugs

DEA’s Prescription Drug Take Back day set for October 24, 2020

Unused and unwanted prescription drugs will be collected during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Area collection sites October 24th from 10 to 2 o’clock include the Adair County Sheriff’s Office of Kirksville, Richmond Police Department, Excelsior Springs Police Department, and the Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office in Centerville, Iowa. The DEA acknowledges […]

Chillicothe Missouri Police Department

Chillicothe Police Department awarded grant funds to assist with hazardous moving violations

The Chillicothe Police Department has been awarded grant funds for hazardous moving traffic violations for officer enforcement and equipment from the Missouri Department of Transportation, Highway Safety, and Traffic Division. The grant will provide for 100% reimbursement for officer overtime enforcement and for traffic safety required equipment. The police department will receive $16,222, which will […]

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Missouri man charged with illegal firearms

A Liberty, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing firearms. Aaron S. Calton, 43, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, Oct. 2, with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Calton remains in federal custody […]

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission website

Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission to require annual de-escalation and implicit bias training

The Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission has voted to require annual training in de-escalation techniques and recognizing implicit bias for all Missouri law enforcement officers. Missouri officers will take a one-hour course in each area as part of their required 24-hours of annual continuing education training. “At its June meeting, I challenged the […]

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Chillicothe Police Department receives MIRMA grant

The Chillicothe Police Department reports it received a grant for $2,433 from the Missouri Intergovernmental Risk Management Association for an in-car camera. Sergeant Jeremy Stephens authored the grant, which will assist with the cost of equipment when the department’s new patrol vehicles arrive. The Chillicothe Police have applied for several grants and received them in […]

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Kirksville woman injured after pulling into path of police car responding to emergency

The Highway Patrol reports a Kirksville resident sustained moderate injuries when the vehicle she drove pulled into the path of a Kirksville police car responding to an emergency call the evening of Thursday, September 17th. A private vehicle transported 20-year-old Olivia Catlin to the Northeast Regional Medical Center of Kirksville. No injuries were reported for […]