Missouri will oversee two police departments – Kansas City and soon, St. Louis. Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed an anti-crime package into law today that will form a state board to watch over the St. Louis Police Department. The six-member board will consist of the St....
“It’s absolutely disrespectful. It’s absolutely disrespectful. It’s absolutely disrespectful.” That’s what Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins, D-St. Louis, had to say about a crime package which would restore a state commission to oversee the St. Louis Police Department. The...
The state of Missouri controlled the St. Louis Police Department for more than 150 years – until the state’s voters returned control to the city in 2013. A Missouri House committee is deciding whether to advance a bill that would return control to the state....
