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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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Local Control
7:02 am
Tue March 1, 2011

Bound by Division: Local Control of the St. Louis Police Department

The logo of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police displayed on a patrol vehicle. (St. Louis Public Radio)
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St. Louis residents pay for the city’s police force, but the state controls it.

While St. Louis’ mayor sits on the Board of Police Commissioners, Missouri’s governor appoints the other four members.

It’s been that way for 150 years, since the outset of the Civil War.

In recent years, the drumbeat to bring local control back to the city has been growing louder.

As part of St. Louis Public Radio’s continuing Bound By Division series, Maria Altman reports the reasons for and against local control have changed since the Civil War, but it’s still an issue that pits the city against the state.

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MO Statehouse
7:27 pm
Wed February 23, 2011

STL Police local control bill hits snag in Mo. Senate

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A Missouri Senate committee has approved legislation that would restore local control to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, but not before adding a provision that could also kill it.

The amendment would reduce the number of city aldermen in St. Louis to 14, and the number of wards from 28 to seven.

The move comes one day after a related bill easily passed the Missouri House.

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