sex crimes

An Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct by police officers identified about 1,000 during a six-year period of time who lost their licenses for sexual assault or other sex offenses. Here's a breakdown of state actions from 2009 through 2014 for Kansas and the surrounding states.

Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt hopes a year-long billboard campaign in Topeka, Wichita and Kansas City will help raise awareness about human trafficking in the state.

A bill signed into law by Governor Sam Brownback will limit the number of appeals that can be filed by sex offenders who have been committed, indefinitely, to a state treatment program.