Kansas City - The FBI plans to add several dozen agents into field offices in Missouri, most of them in Kansas City.
FBI Director Kash Patel says 37 will be sent to Missouri: 33 to Kansas City, two to Springfield and one to Jefferson City. Patel says the agents being moved out of Washington DC are mainly going to cities with the highest rates of violent crime per capita, such as Kansas City.
KC Mayor Quinton Lucas was asked about the additional FBI staff today when he appeared on Kansas City’s Morning News.
You can listen to the conversation here:
In all, more than 1,000 FBI agents currently working in Washington DC are being reassigned to field offices across the country. That also includes an additional agent in both Topeka and Wichita.
Mayor Lucas joins Wink & Amy on Kansas City’s Morning News live every Monday morning at 7:30 on 98.1 fm. You can also listen at KMBZ.com or by finding KMBZ on the free Audacy App.