As a preventative measure, the Kansas City Police Department is working with local LGBTQ+ owned bars and restaurants to offer a series of active shooter, tourniquet and CPR training in case of an emergency. - Kynala Phillips/The Kansas City Star/TNS
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 ...
