Kansas City gets more money for cops

The Kansas City Police Department is getting even more stimulus money. Kansas City’s share of the Barack bucks is $2.55 million, which a release says will go to keep police on the streets and “civilian support positions.”

Other stimulus lottery winners:

• Jackson County: $1,130,734
• Independence: $416,746
• Grandview: $90,600
• Lee’s Summit: $62,699
• Blue Springs:

  $43,276

• Raytown: $41,572
• Sugar Creek: $10,050

Add the $2.55 million to the $8.3 million federal grant the KCPD scored to keep 28 recruits and 22 additional officers.