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Shawnee police deliver 2024 year‑in‑review; finance director previews 2026 budget and 10‑year CIP
Summary
Police Chief Sam Larson summarized 2024 activity and staffing challenges; Finance Director Sean Rocco outlined 2024 financial results, early 2026 revenue estimates and a 10‑year capital improvement program the council will review in the coming months.
Police Chief Sam Larson presented the Shawnee Police Department’s 2024 year‑in‑review to the City Council on April 28, outlining response volumes across the department’s divisions and discussing recruitment and training priorities heading into 2026.
Chief Larson reported the patrol division responded to more than 24,000 citizen calls for service; officers initiated almost 22,000 responses and issued more than 10,000 citations. Support services, which include the department’s dispatch center, answered more than 20,000 calls, while detectives were assigned to more than 3,000 cases. In the administration division, the department made 23 internal policy changes as part of an ongoing CALEA policy review. The transcript states officers “received more than 10,000 in training”; the unit for that training figure was not specified in the meeting record.
Chief Larson identified recruitment to replace retiring officers, leadership training, a five‑year strategic plan and preparations for the 2026 World Cup in nearby Kansas City as near‑term priorities.
Finance Director Sean Rocco provided an initial review to kick off the 2026 budget process. He reported the city’s general fund revenue grew 5.3% in 2024 while spending grew 6.7% in the same year; the meeting summary said the city’s general fund decreased compared to 2023. Rocco offered an early estimate of projected revenue for next year at just more than $76,000,000, described in the meeting summary as a 2% gain from 2025.
Rocco also presented the proposed capital improvement program (CIP) for 2026–2035. The 2026 plan lists four stormwater projects in partnership with Johnson County, replacement of the pool deck at Thomas Sudrick Aquatic Center and rehabilitation of Midland Drive between Shawnee Mission Parkway and Renner. The 2027 program includes a mill and overlay of Shawnee Mission Parkway on the east side of town and the first phase of Rail Creek Park. The 2028 line includes three stormwater projects and Woodland Drive improvements; later years list the K‑7/70 Fifth interchange among longer‑term projects. The CIP will go to the planning commission in May and back to the council for formal approval in June.
No formal council action was recorded on the department review or the initial budget/CIP presentation at this meeting.
