This feature layer represents crimes committed in Raytown, MO from 2018-2020 to be used for the Raytown Focused Deterrence project.

The mission and purpose of the Jackson County COMBAT Commission and the COMBAT Administration is to ensure a strong, safe community for its residents free from the dangers of illegal drugs and violent crime through the use of a research based, targeted strategy and systematic and efficient distribution of resources. The Jackson County COMBAT Commission and the COMBAT Administration shall accomplish this by allocating resources to promote and provide public safety within Jackson County including the prevention and treatment of drug abuse and addiction and the prevention, investigation, prosecution and detention of violent criminals and drug offenders. The vision of Jackson County COMBAT Commission and the COMBAT administration is to lead the advancement of a healthier and safer community.

Four categories of crime are considered violent by Jackson County COMBAT: Aggravated assaults, homicides, robberies, and sex offenses. The crimes in these categories include, but are not limited to: abuse of, neglect of, cruelty towards, or endangerment of a child; abuse of, neglect of, cruelty towards, or endangerment of the elderly, disabled, special victims, or vulnerable persons; abduction or attempted abduction; accidental shooting; aggravated assault of any degree (with or without a weapon; domestic or non-domestic); deviate sexual assault; endangerment of a corrections employee, law enforcement officer, or other public officer or county worker; fondling; homicide (including murder, non-negligent manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, justifiable homicide); human trafficking; incest; inhumane treatment of a person; kidnapping; molestation; rape or attempted rape; robbery of any degree or type; sodomy or attempted sodomy; promoting child pornography; promoting pornography to a minor; promoting a sexual performance by a child; sexual abuse; sexual assault; sexual exploitation of a child; sexual misconduct; shooting; stalking; unlawful use of a weapon involving shooting; and use of a firearm in a felony crime. Other crimes types may exist in the dataset as needed for the project.

The crime data for this feature class was submitted in various Microsoft Excel formats to Jackson County COMBAT’s crime analyst by the Raytown Police Department.