KEEP JACKSON COUNTY SAFE
RENEW COMBAT
VOTE YES ON QUESTION 1 • NOVEMBER 3
PROTECT KIDS
REAL RECOVERY
SAFER STREETS
NO NEW TAXES
COMBAT funds our police, our courts, and treatment for thousands of Jackson County families.
This November, you decide if it continues.
Same tax rate since 1989.
No increase.
PROTECT KIDS
11 programs in schools.
Over 20,000 students reached every year.
Officers kids actually know by name.
REAL RECOVERY
20 treatment programs.
Over 5,000 people helped every year.
Recovery, not just arrests.
SAFER STREETS
21 police positions funded.
A 75% homicide clearance rate.
Over 42,000 grams of fentanyl seized since 2022.
NO NEW TAXES
Same quarter-cent rate since 1989.
This vote doesn't raise anything. It just keeps it going.
COMBAT sales tax renewal is on November's ballot
Since 1989, this quarter-cent tax has funded Jackson County's fight against drugs and addiction, generating $31 million a year. This November, voters decide whether to renew it. A "no" vote ends the funding in March 2027. It's not a new tax, just a choice to keep what's already working.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Either way, the tax rate doesn't move.
This is a renewal, not a new tax.
Vote YES: COMBAT runs through 2037
Keeps police equipped to make arrests and win convictions
Keeps fighting addiction, educating kids, and getting drugs off the street
Keeps trauma care and support there for victims of abuse
Vote NO: COMBAT ends March 31, 2027
Strips almost $25 million from local law enforcement
Shuts down the Jackson County Drug Task Force for good
Cuts KCPD staff, slowing down every case waiting on evidence