Police, community trying to keep youth out of bar district

Sunday, August 18, 2002

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Working the streets of Kansas City's bustling Westport entertainment district one summer night in 2001, Maj. Jan Zimmerman watched in amazement as a 7-year-old and two 12-year-olds walked by -- at 2 a.m. Something had to be done, she said.

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