Police

Perv and Protect: Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually molested by cops. Should the Scouting program share the blame?

St. Louis Police Agree to Local Control Thanks to "Sugar Daddies" Like Rex Sinquefield

Rex Sinquefield: He fought the law(men) and won.​That was so easy, one wonders why it took 150 years to figure out?Yesterday, the St. Louis Police Officers' Association officially caved. For the first time since the Civil War, the association agreed to allow City Hall -- and not the governor's off ... More >>

MO Supreme Court Will Decide FOP Status for U. City, Chesterfield Police

The appellate court found that police officers do have a right to collective bargaining -- but then kicked the case to the Missouri Supreme Court.​Are the cities of Chesterfield and University City required to enter into collective bargaining with the Fraternal Order of Police?That was the questio ... More >>

Jennings Turns Over Police to County Cops; Department Misused Federal Funds

​One down, dozens more to go. This week the Jennings City Council voted to turn over the reins of its police department to St. Louis County law officers. The move followed the revelation that Jennings police misused tens of thousands of dollars in federal funds to be used to conduct DWI checkpoint ... More >>

NAACP Sides with St. Louis County Police

​The Post-Dispatch has an interesting piece today about the local NAACP backing St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch in his desire to consolidate some of the county's 65 policing agencies. In a public letter this week the civil rights group stated:

Columbia Police Clears Itself of Wrongdoing In SWAT Team Raid

Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton​The Columbia Police Department held a news conference yesterday to announce the findings of its internal review into a much-publicized February raid of an alleged drug dealer's home that left a dog dead and a family traumatized. According to the investigation, the ... More >>

World Series Ticket Scandal: Judge Tells Cops to Quit Breaking the Law

​The Cards-Astros home-opener wasn't the only shutout in town yesterday. Three years after improprieties involving city cops and 2006 World Series tickets confiscated from scalpers came to light, a St. Louis judge last night issued a final ruling in the related Sunshine Law case against ... More >>

County Brownies Announce A Crackdown on Area's Barney Fifes

​Ever been pulled over in the county by a Barney Fife type? Good news. You now have a direct line to the St. Louis County Police Department Intelligence Unit (314-615-4692), who wants to hear all about your experience with a fake cop.Freaked about a proliferation of unlicensed po-pos masquerading ... More >>

St. Louis Police Mentor Iraqi Cop Delegation

The first image that appears when one googles the term "iraq police".​There's a punch line (or two) in the following press release sent out today from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. If you find it, feel free leave it in the comment section below. Now, without further ado:

Ballot Initiatives for Local Police Control Cruise Through Administrative Hoops

Wikimedia Commons​Lawyer Brad Ketcher has had three ballot-initiative petitions pertaining to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department approved by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, her office announced yesterday.Ketcher is a political operative who led the successful 2008 ballot initiative to ... More >>

Are You Against Local Control of the St. Louis Police Department? Then "Friend" It!

It's what you do when you're friends.​Is it me? Or does everyone and everything have a Facebook page these days? That said, are you a "friend" yet of this mouthful of a Facebook profile: "Citizens of the State of Missouri Against Local Control of the MPD-STL"?The Facebook page seems to have popped ... More >>

Ladue Rape Victim Was a Faker

Ladue Police DepartmentVirginia Burns' mug shot. She may have received unlawful disability payments, according to police. ​She wasn't raped in the leafy 'burb, and she wasn't disabled either. This just in from Lt. Bill Baker of the Ladue Police Department: Virginia Burns, a 50-year-old Overland w ... More >>

Tarnished Legacy Still Haunts St. Louis Police, Former Chief Singled Out in Audit

www.im4mokwa.comJoe Mokwa​State Auditor Susan Montee released this morning the findings of a much-anticipated financial review of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. The audit is the first look into the finances of the board since former police chief Joe Mokwa stepped down last year in th ... More >>

St. Louis Cops Indicted in Federal Sting; Colluded to Keep Stolen Electronics

Officer Jackson to Officer Brezill: "Wii are in trouble now."​St. Louis police officers Ronald Jackson and Christian Brezill have been indicted on charges of theft of government property, after allegedly stealing stolen merchandise after an arrest, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap ann ... More >>

Blown to Peaces: Weather Underground leaders claimed their bombings were devised to avoid bloodshed. But FBI agents suspect the radical '70s group killed a cop in the name of revolution.

St. Louis Police Apologize to "Anarchists"

Dan Green, owner of the home, called "Bolozone", where many of the protesters were rounded up by police.​The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has reached a settlement with four would-be protesters arrested prior to the 2003 World Agriculture Forum held in St. Louis. The demonstrators -- wh ... More >>

Whoops! Scratch That! Alleged Cop Shooter Still on the Loose

Moments ago we followed a Post-Dispatch article that reported sixteen-year-old Devante Thomas, accused of shooting a Berkeley police officer last night, has been caught. Apparently the P-D -- and we -- got that wrong. This just in from the St. Louis County Police Department spokesman Rick Eckhard.

Hornswoggled!: Welcome to Gerald, Missourah — the town that did just fall off the turnip truck

Last Call?: East St. Louis nightclubs under siege

Kissed-Off in Kinloch: The city's tiny police force is up in arms over paltry pay and dangerous work conditions

St. Louis Police Officers Association Votes Against Red-Light Cameras

Board members with the St. Louis Police Officers' Association approved a motion Monday night opposing the use of red-light cameras. Association president Gary Wiegert tells RFT that the motion passed overwhelmingly with just a few of the board's nineteen members voting against the measure. The motio ... More >>

World Series Ticket Scandal Case Moves Forward

After many months' delay, the case of John Chasnoff v. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Board of Commissioners is now moving -- relatively speaking -- at a good clip. Chasnoff, a local gadfly who has been seeking access to the police department's internal affairs file co ... More >>

Tattered Tale: A dubious sex and drugs complaint has a St. Louis police officer demanding justice

Bells Will Be Ringing

Duking it out for charity

Payback: Laura Smith blew the whistle on a county sheriff's department bribery scheme, and now she's paying the price

The St. Louis Police Department's World Series Tickets Scandal -- It's Back!

The St. Louis Police Department's World Series Tickets Scandal -- It's Back!

Back to the Bolozone

The "anarchists" finally get their day in court.

Talk Radio

In the case of a disaster, St. Louis police will need the whole region on the same wavelength.

The Little City That Couldn't

Buried in bureaucratic incompetence and scandal, Pine Lawn might be headed for a pine box.

Crackdown in Belleville

Some bar owners worry that strict law enforcement could jeopardize their livelihoods

Kaos Theory

Ex-Beat morning show DJ Kaos speaks out

Absence of Malice

The termination of Kaos and Syllli Asz: a rush to judgment?

Ain't No Sunshine

When is a public record not a public record? Ask St. Louis police.

World of Hurt

The St. Louis Police Department faces a taboo topic: Domestic violence within its ranks

Letters

Week of March 3, 2004

Dirty Little Secrets

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department keeps a tight lid on internal affairs. Even if it means breaking the law.

Shot in the Act

Two off-duty St. Louis County cops. One dangerous game.

Carnage

Despite the cost, local cops can't resist deadly pursuits

Best Shot

St. Louis police may be close to getting the right to live where they want

Squeal Like a Pig

Getting groped was a nightmare in a city that can't get a grip.

Cop Out

Police commissioner Eddie Roth leaves for an Ohio newspaper

Cops Fight Hosers

The folks in blue slug it out with the fire brigade -- all in good fun and all for a good cause

Bad Boys

Whatcha gonna do about four Webster Groves cops accused of shenanigans with teenage girls?

Gun Club

Overland wasn't the only city helping put guns on the streets

Blue-Light Special

When it came to guns, the Overland cops weren't just playing around

Jerome Ruffin's Last Run

At 22, Jerome Maurice Ruffin had four children and no job, and the police were after him — again. Then a cop shot and killed him in an alley. Witnesses, family and friends want to know why. The cops aren't talking.

Just Say No to Naomi

The city's finest join a boycott of supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Arms and the Man

Letters to the Editor