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Wash U. To Host Conference On Violence And Public Health

Véronique LaCapra — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Washington University is hosting a conference tomorrow afternoon on public health challenges in the 21st century.

Melissa Jonson-Reid directs Wash U's Brown Center for Violence and Injury Prevention.

She says one challenge the conference will take on is the problem of violence in St. Louis, and the role local public health professionals can play in addressing it.

Department Calls 'Hotspot Policing' A Success

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:49:49 +0000

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says a month of intensive patrols in "hot spots" throughout the city was a major success.

Clay: Federal Help To Fight Crime On The Way

Bill Raack — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:17:40 +0000

Congressman Lacy Clay of St. Louis says the federal government may soon be able to help local police as they try to combat crime in some parts of the city.

The St. Louis Police Department has recently reassigned some officers to so-called “hot spots” where violent crime continues to be a problem. Clay says there should be announcements in the next few months about combined federal-and-local crime-fighting efforts.

"It has to be community-wide, it has to be a concerted effort and I’ve even asked the U.S.

St. Louis leaders propose cell phone ordinance

The Associated Press — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:23:23 +0000

People wanting to resell mobile phones in St. Louis would face tough new restrictions under a newly proposed ordinance.

Mayor Francis Slay and Alderman Craig Schmid announced the legislation in a news release Friday.

St. Louis Police using new strategy against crime

Maria Altman — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:30:07 +0000

The St. Louis Police Department is using a new strategy to curb crime.

Aggravated assaults with firearms are up about 20 percent so far this year over last year.

The police department recently began working with University of Missouri-St. Louis criminology professor Rick Rosenfeld to reduce violent crime.

St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom says the new strategy is to flood high-crime areas with officers during evening hours.