Tagged: Samuel Dotson

Gun Violence
10:38 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

SLMPD Chief Dotson Backs Mo. Senate Bill To Create 'Armed Offender Docket' In St. Louis

Credit St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept.
St. Louis Police Chief Samuel Dotson III.

Legislation being considered by the Missouri Senate would allow the Circuit Court for the city of St. Louis to create a special docket for armed offenders.

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St. Louis Police
5:25 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Dotson Named New St. Louis Police Chief

Credit (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)
Captain D. Samuel Dotson has been named the city of St. Louis' 34th Chief of Police.

Updated at 7 pm with comments from Dotson, Mayor Francis Slay, and the police union.

A 18-year veteran of the St. Louis Police Department who has spent the last 18 months assigned to City Hall as the operations director for Mayor Francis Slay is the chief of police for the city.

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