INCIDENT REPORTS - 1977

Incidents in Neighboring States and Counties - 1977

Date

Time

Type

Description

Location

City, State

County

05/09   Body Recovery 19 year old male victim Recovered Watkins Mill State Park Carney, MO  
05/19 2315 Body Recovery Female Victim Recovered, drowned in flash flood Line Creek & Wacomis Drive North Kansas City, MO Clay
05/31 1500 Body Recovery 17 year old Male victim Recovered Bagnell Dam, Horseshoe Bend Lake of the Ozarks Camden
07/07 0915 Body Recovery Victim Recovered Updike Lake Odessa, MO Lafayette
08/14 1030 Body Recovery 24 year old male victim Recovered Wyandotte County Lake Kansas City, KS Wyandotte
09/03 1500 Missing Person Searched Ponds, Rock Quarry, Wells, River   Platte City Platte
09/04 1200 Missing Person Continuation of above search   Platte City Platte
09/26 1805 Body Recovery 33 year old male victim Recovered Wyandotte County Lake, shelter 4 Kansas City, KS Wyandotte
10/26 0900 Body Recovery Victim Recovered   Maysville, MO  

 

Incidents in Jackson County - 1977

Date

Time

Type

Description

Location

City

02/13 0930 Training Ice Dive Lake Jacomo Dam Lee's Summit
02/20 1100 Training Ice Dive Lake Jacomo Dam Lee's Summit
02/23   Weapon Homicide Swope Park Lagoon Kansas City
03/06 1530 Vehicle Recovered boat from 11/25/76 triple drowning La Benita Park & Missouri River Kansas City
03/23 2030 Body Recovery One 4 year old boy victim Recovered of x4 victim canoe accident Lake Jacomo North Boat Dock Lee's Summit
03/24 0700 Body Recovery X3 Three victims, girl 9, boy 6, man 42. Recovered from canoe accident Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
03/27 0845 Vehicle 68 Ford Thunderbird Troost Lake Kansas City
05/15 0600 Body Recovery Victim Recovered Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
05/16 0930 Property LSFD 3 channel Standard handheld radio Bannister Rd & Little Blue River Kansas City
05/20 0830 Missing person Search for burglary suspect Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
05/24 1730 Training   Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
05/29 1350 Vehicle Car North Prairie Lee Lake Lee's Summit
06/10 1818 Body Recovery 8 year old boy victim Recovered M-7 & Moreland Road, Lake Village Blue Springs
06/12 0130 Vehicle Car Kernoodle Lake Grandview
06/16 0815 Property Contact lens Oaks Apts swimming pool Lee's Summit
06/17 0900 Property Glasses 410 N. Westwind Lee's Summit
06/28 1800 Training   Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
07/12 1800 Training   Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
08/12 1400 Property Wrist Watch Lake Lotawana M-35 Lake Lotawana
08/13 0800 Ecology Dive Cleanup lake bottom Lake Jacomo Lee's Summit
08/16 1915 Vehicle Swamped Boat Lakewood Dam, East Lake Lee's Summit
09/03 1100 Body Recovery 20 year old victim recovered River Front Park & Missouri River Kansas City
09/06 1230 Evidence Search for debris from house explosion Lake Lotawana Drive, N-35 Lee's Summit
09/12

09/13

  Flood Rescues   Evacuate Valley View road

Rescued 3 washed through storm sewer in Knobtown.

Driver holding onto tree 1/2 mile downstream from car in creek, Grain Valley.

Evacuate Velee Road.

 

 

Kansas City, Grain Valley, Lee's Summit
09/17 0850 Ecology Dive Cleanup lakebottom Lake Jacomo, Sailboat cove Blue Springs
09/25 0630 Property Old tires Weatherby Lake, B-38 Kansas City
10/02   Property   Lake Jacomo South Boat Dock Lee's Summit
11/24 1500 Body Recovery Jumper La Benita Park & MO River Sugar Creek
12/16 0900 Vehicle D-8 Bulldozer, regulators froze Raintree Lake, end of Seaside Sparrow Lee's Summit
12/17 0800 Vehicle D-8 Bulldozer continuation Raintree Lake, end of Seaside Sparrow Lee's Summit
12/17 1600 Vehicle 75 Chev Lakewood, West end of Woods Chapel Road Lee's Summit
12/19   Vehicle D-8 Bulldozer standby for boom towtruck Raintree Lake, end of Seaside Sparrow Lee's Summit

251 hours service

2135 miles

39 drownings

214 gallons truck fuel

198 gallons boat fuel

Last updated: January 3, 1998

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