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Morning round-up
9:43 am
Fri March 25, 2011

Morning headlines: Friday, March 25, 2011

The St. Louis Police Officers' Association has filed a challenge to a potential 2012 ballot measures granting St. Louis control of the police department. (SLPR news)
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St. Louis Police: No Local Control

The top officers of the St. Louis Police Officers' Association are challenging a potential 2012 ballot measure granting St. Louis and Kansas City local control of their police department.  The lawsuit filed Thursday in Cole County contends the summary and financial estimate that would appear on the statewide ballot are unfair and misleading.

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Local Control
1:33 pm
Thu March 24, 2011

St. Louis police officers file suit targeting local control petition language

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The logo of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police displayed on a patrol vehicle.
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The battle over who will control the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has entered the theater of the courtroom.

Legislative efforts to give the city's Board of Aldermen direct oversight of the department have stalled. (It's currently governed by a five-member board, four of whom are gubernatorial appointees. The mayor is always the fifth).

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MO Statehouse
7:11 pm
Tue March 8, 2011

STL Police local control bill stalls in Mo. Senate

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Credit Harrison Sweazea, Mo. Senate Communications Office
Sen. JIm Lembke (R, Lemay), one of two Senators leading a filibuster of the local control bill in the Mo. Senate.
Credit Harrison Sweazea, Mo. Senate Communications Office
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D, University City), one of two Senators leading a filibuster of the local control bill in the Mo. Senate
Credit Harrison Sweazea, Mo. Senate Communications Office
Sen. Joseph Keaveny (D, St. Louis), sponsor of the local control bill, watches as two fellow Senators conduct a filibuster against his bill.
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Legislation that would restore local control over the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has stalled in the Missouri Senate. 

Two St. Louis-area Senators, Jim Lembke (R, Lemay) and Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D, University City), began a filibuster of the bill today.

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