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The newly-formed Detention Facilities Oversight Board will continue to review complaints of alleged misconduct in the jails. The board has the power to issue subpoenas to witnesses or production of documents, as well as be granted access to city detention facilities upon request.
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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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Work on the changes began last May, when aldermen approved the Detention Facilities Oversight Board. But supporters will have to carefully count votes, and lobby their colleagues, to send it to the mayor on Friday.
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Lt. Col. Rochelle Jones retired June 27 as the highest-ranking Black female in the history of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. When she was promoted in 2017, she was the first Black woman to reach that rank.
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Scam artists stole more than $1,000 from Clementine’s last week, using an elaborate scam that began with allegations of counterfeit bill passing.
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The executive order says police must announce themselves three times before entering a premises on the basis of a warrant.
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Mayor Tishaura Jones said using the Boulware Group will make the search for a permanent chief more transparent. Lt. Col. Michael Sack will take over as interim chief on June 18, when Chief John Hayden retires.
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A report by the Center for Policing Equity provides public safety recommendations to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and city police.
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APM Reports, the investigative unit of American Public Media, sued the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to get details about which homicide cases the police have solved.
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St. Louis officials are celebrating a big drop in murders while the city’s police classify more and more killings as “justifiable homicides” instead.