St. Louis Police Officers Association

Police Union Not Unified On Prop A

Maria Altman — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:22:03 +0000

Since last fall, the St. Louis Police Officers Association has supported a ballot initiative to bring local control of the department back to the city.

But this week the union’s president publicly urged members to vote “no” on Prop A.

Dave Bonenberger said in his "Message from the President" column that local control would lead to political influence in the department and loss of police pensions.

Morning headlines- Thursday, May 31, 2012

Sydney Miller, The Associated Press and Tim Lloyd — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:03:52 +0000

St. Louis Police debate workplace representation

Next month, St. Louis City police sergeants are set to decide who will represent their interests at work, and the St. Louis Police Officers Association says it is the best option on the table.

At a meeting last night, members of the St. Louis Police Officers Association made their case to sergeants.To punctuate their point they brought in Chuck Canterbury, the National President of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Local control supporters get go-ahead to gather signatures

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:18:22 +0000

Supporters of a ballot measure that would turn control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department back to City Hall have gotten the go-ahead to start work on getting the proposal in front of the voters.

The decision by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to approve the measure for circulation means local control advocates can start gathering more than 143,000 signatures, which must be collected from multiple districts in the state. They're due on May 6, 2012.

St. Louis Police Officers Association, mayor compromise on local control ballot initiative

Kelsey Proud — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:03:48 +0000

The St. Louis Police Officers Association announced today that the organization and the mayor of the city of St. Louis, Francis Slay, have come to a compromise regarding a local control ballot initiative.

The issue of local control of the St. Louis Police Department, that is, shifting the control of the department from the state of Missouri to the city of St. Louis, was a fixture in this past year's legislative session.

Mo. House committee passes legislation on local control of St. Louis police

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:22:34 +0000

Legislation that would return control of the St. Louis Police Department to the city has easily passed a Missouri House committee. Also, the St. Louis Police Officers' Association, a long-time foe, is now supporting the bill.