Sam Dotson

Cyclists And Pedestrians Urged To 'Be Brave,' Advocate For Safer Roads

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:42:20 +0000

Advocates for bicyclists and pedestrians say they want to make 2013 the year Missouri passes a law banning texting while driving for everyone behind the wheel.

But those advocates, along with mass transit, city police and Missouri Department of Transportation officials also pushed all users of the road to take personal responsibility as they kicked off the second annual Safe Roads for All campaign on Monday.

New St. Louis Police Headquarters To Cost More Than Expected

The Associated Press — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:10:40 +0000

The move to a new building for the St. Louis Police Department is going to be more expensive than first thought.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that bids came in more than $1.6 million over expectations. Now, the move will be delayed until early next year - nearly a year later than the original estimate.

What Do The Streets, Building, Forestry And Health Departments Have To Do With College Hill's Crime?

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:24:16 +0000

Quite a bit - city leaders say.

Crews from four St. Louis city departments are flooding a north city neighborhood this week in an ongoing effort to tackle its crime problem.

The influx of resources from the streets, building, forestry and health departments follows two weeks of stepped-up police presence known as “hot-spot policing."

New SLMPD Chief On Developing Relationships, Major Issues

Alex Heuer, Mary Edwards and Don Marsh — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:24:12 +0000

Sam Dotson is the new chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

He comes to the position after spending about twenty years with the Department.

Dotson joined host Don Marsh for a wide-ranging discussion. They talked about taking the reins of the St. Louis Police Department as it prepares to transition to local control and about making the force one which is fully up to speed on 21^st century policing practices.

Entrance Interview: New SLMPD Chief Dotson On Crime, Local Control, More

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:02:00 +0000

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officially has a new chief.

Sam Dotson has been with the department since Oct. 1993, including time as the chief of staff to the Board of Police Commissioners, and as an aide to Mayor Francis Slay.

Dotson takes the helm of the 1,300-person department at a time of great change. But he says his first priority will always be reducing crime.

"We're going to end 2012 with crime being down just under 13 percent. That's a significant decrease, and the decreases have been happening year over year," he said.