‘The goal is to be preventative’: Kansas City Police Department offers active shooter training to local LGBTQ bar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A group of staff at Hamburger Mary’s on Broadway Avenue in midtown gathered Monday afternoon around a fake torso spotted with fake blood stains, cuts and bullet wounds. Sitting where sequin-clad drag queens performed for brunchgoers sipping mimosas just a day before, Kansas City Police Department officer Rita Olson-Stawicki explained to the group how one would stop the bleeding and apply a tourniquet if the mannequin was a real person. “I do see a laceration here,” Olson-Stawicki assured them, while pointing to the fake cut and covering it with a tissue. “But what I really …

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