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As previously reported by St. Louis Public Radio, management of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officially returned to the purview of the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 13, 2013 - Whoever is selected as mayor this spring will face a significant body of challenges.…
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The new chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says he wants to implement a civilian review board in the city of St. Louis.Sam Dotson…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 15, 2012 - Sam Dotson, named Friday by the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners to be the…
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The process of turning control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department over to City Hall begins today.Ald. Craig Schmid, the chair of the public…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 21, 2012 - St. Louis political institutions have rarely changed since the adoption of the city’s…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 16, 2012 - On election day, voters across the state voted to end 150 years of state oversight of…
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St. Louis is one of the few cities in the U.S. that does not control its own police department.On Tuesday, Missouri voters will decide whether the city…
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In the first of four discussions as part of our town hall meeting about statewide ballot issues we take a look at Proposition A, concerning local control…
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Activists say it’s a tricky maneuver.Groups including the ACLU and NAACP have long supported local control of police. But Chair of the Organization for…