Two years ago, Missouri enacted Max’s Law, which strengthened penalties for killing or harming a K9 officer or other police animal. A new bill has been filed this year that would make those penalties even tougher. Marshall Griffin spoke with the bill’s sponsor, State...
In the 1980s and 1990s, a reality TV sports competition called ‘American Gladiators’ featured super-sized athletes wearing patriotic spandex and competing against average contestants. One of those contestants is a familiar face around the Missouri Capitol – Police...
Freshman Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell wants the federal government to collect data on encounters between law enforcement and mentally ill people. He joins Marshall Griffin on Show Me Today.
A bill designed to toughen penalties against suspects in police chases is on its way to the Missouri Senate. The House of Representatives passed Valentine’s Law, which would make it a Class D felony to recklessly flee from or detain law enforcement using a motor...
In Missouri, breaking out the window of a police cruiser has a greater punishment than killing a police dog. Alisa Nelson talks to State Senator Tony Luetkemeyer of Parkville, who wants to change this. (LISTEN 09:38)
