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The city of Independence, Missouri, spent $2 million of its ARPA funding on the police department, more than it allocated to any other department or project. The purchases were labeled as “community violence intervention” in its report to the U.S. Treasury.
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The visits from law enforcement didn’t result in any actions, but they highlight the potential stakes of Missouri’s new law criminalizing certain books in schools.
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Wealthier neighborhoods in St. Louis have armed themselves with private police, giving them a level of service poor areas can’t afford and fueling racial and economic disparities.
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District 11 serves Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties.
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Attorneys Eric Banks, Brenda Talent and Sarah Swatosh tackle qualified immunity and abortion on St. Louis on the Air’s Legal Roundtable.
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The special investigation examined thousands of hours of overtime incurred by police officers to fix up the city jail.
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Fatalities caused by high-speed vehicle pursuits in St. Louis have local NAACP leaders calling for policy reform.
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Arch City Defenders’ “Fatal State Violence” project counted deaths occurring in jails and at the hands of police in cities from St. Louis to Jefferson County. Now it’s expanding its mission into a rapid response team.
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The St. Louis mayor says she remains committed to ‘reimagining public safety’ and efforts to make communities safer beyond policing.
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Records show that two Independence, Missouri, police employees reported working more than 1,000 hours of overtime in 2021, raising questions about safety and who's watching extra pay at City Hall.