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Although a shortage of patrol officers makes the more frequent days off harder to schedule, 70% of officers said they liked the longer shifts.
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Alex Degman talked with State Police Director Brendan Kelly about how the agency is reporting differently than it did a year ago.
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The overall number of times St. Louis County Police have listed someone as wanted has decreased by 30% since last year.
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Homicides in the city of St. Louis have decreased 20% since last year, and juvenile shootings are down nearly 40% this year, according to Mayor Tishaura Jones' office.
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In St. Louis, murder investigations often rely on a single detective, making them vulnerable if the detective is unable or unwilling to come to court. But a former homicide investigator said he has no obligation to cooperate, claiming that “retirement is meant to be retirement.”
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Police continue to file “wanteds” to trigger arrests without a warrant in the St. Louis region.
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Fire and police pensioners in Illinois' municipalities challenged a 2019 law that consolidated 649 funds for higher returns, claiming the change actually hurts retirees voting power.
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St. Louis argues in its lawsuit that the law legislators passed in 2021 violates the state’s constitution by creating an unfunded mandate for the city and for containing too many unrelated provisions.
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As the nation learns more about the raid of the Marion County Record, staffers at the publication keep working while advocates for press freedom offer support and demand answers from the local police.
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Now that cannabis is legal in Missouri, drug-sniffing police dogs face early retirement if they are attracted to the smell of marijuana.