Legal fight over civilian oversight of St. Louis police could have wide implications
A St. Louis ordinance aimed at transforming the way the city investigates allegations of police misconduct went into effect on…
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Group sues St. Louis over police promotion procedures
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A police group that advocates for minority officers filed a lawsuit against St. Louis and some…
St. Louis police use force more against Blacks, study finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police used force against Black people more than three times as often as they did…
St. Louis police fail to report crime data for months
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Changes in the way St. Louis police record crime statistics have prevented the department from publicly…
Aldermen set to debate surveillance accountability bill
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is one of about a dozen departments nationwide that have a “real time crime…
Limits on St. Louis police aren’t permanent, appeals panel says
A judge’s 2017 ruling limiting how St. Louis police officers can control protesters was meant to be a temporary order…
Jaco: Bad verdict. Bad cops. Bad police force
No group in America has done a better job of defunding the police than the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.…
No convictions for ex-officers in undercover protest beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No convictions were returned for three white St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black…
911 callers will find better procedures, police say
ST. LOUIS – People who call 911 in the city will find a few changes to the system as of…
SLMPD officers will be wearing body cameras soon
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police officers will soon be wearing body cameras. The police department expects to begin using…
Police seek to get hundreds of stolen items back to owners
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After a recent theft arrest, St. Louis police are trying to find the owners of as…
City police rack up $14 million in overtime, audit finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police spent nearly $14 million on overtime while struggling to fill 100 vacant positions, an…
Missouri bill to drop police residency rule heads to governor
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis police, firefighters and other first responders no longer would have to live in that…
Officer’s death adds urgency to police residency bill
CITY HALL – The death of St. Louis police Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon after being shot Saturday night is “just…
New city law cracks down on police use of force
CITY HALL – A new St. Louis law on use of force by city police officers really only codifies policy…
Jaco: A toxic culture in black and blue
Detective Sergeant Heather Taylor is black, and a woman, and a cop, in that order. In her years on the…