ORDINANCE NO. 260191

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Estimating revenue and appropriating $11,868,979.00 in the Police Grants Fund for the FY26 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department has been designated as the lead public safety and security agency responsible for planning, coordination, and operational implementation of safety measures for the FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and associated events hosted within Kansas City, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, as the lead law enforcement agency for these international events, the Kansas City Police Department is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats to public safety, including threats posed by unauthorized or malicious unmanned aircraft systems operating within protected airspace; and

WHEREAS, the presence of unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems over or near mass gathering venues, critical infrastructure, dignitary movements, and designated event security perimeters presents a credible risk to public safety, aviation safety, and homeland security; and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Police Department must maintain the capability to detect, track, identify, and, when legally authorized, mitigate or disable unmanned aircraft systems that pose an imminent threat to persons, property, or protected event operations; and

WHEREAS, the implementation of a Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems program is necessary to ensure compliance with federal security directives, interagency operational planning requirements, and coordinated homeland security objectives associated with FIFA World Cup 2026 and other nationally significant events hosted within Kansas City, Missouri, NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That the revenue in the following account in the KCMBU Police Grant...

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