Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe met with University of Missouri System President Mun Choi and the state’s public safety team this week to discuss efforts to combat crime in Columbia.

Kehoe said in a Facebook post that his administration will not accept crime in Columbia and will work with “local communities to support law enforcement and a safer Missouri.”

Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe and other city leaders were not invited to the meeting. Buffaloe said Kehoe coordinated the meeting’s attendees.

She added that she is “disappointed” that community leaders have been left out of the conversation.

“While I wasn’t there, my voice is important because I am bringing the voice of our residents and the goals that they have,” she said. “The fact that the Columbia Police Department’s police chief was

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