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Local control coalition
4:11 pm
Fri February 18, 2011

Coalition pledges to keep pushing on local control

Mo. State Senator Joe Keaveny. (Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio)
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A day after a measure granting St. Louis control of its police department cleared the latest of several legislative hurdles, a broad coalition of politicians, business and community leaders and civil rights activists pledged to help it get through the Missouri Senate.

The message they'll bring? You have to listen to the people.

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Local Control Passes in First Round
12:23 pm
Thu February 17, 2011

St. Louis police local control vote today in Mo. House

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Credit Tim Bommel, Mo. House of Representatives
State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed (D, St. Louis) speaks on her bill to return control of the Metropolitan Police Department of St. Louis to the city.
The logo of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police displayed on a patrol vehicle. (St. Louis Public Radio)
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The Missouri House has given first-round approval to legislation that would return control of the Metropolitan Police Department to the city of St. Louis.

The department has been under state control since the Civil War.

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St. Louis Police Department
3:47 pm
Wed February 16, 2011

Isom: St. Louis may need to cut 65 city police officers

St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom. (St. Louis Public Radio)
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St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom says the department may have to lay off as many as 65 officers because of a budget shortfall.

KSDK-TV reports that Isom spoke Wednesday to the city's Police Board. He says he continues to hope the cuts aren't necessary, but the department is evaluating how to make ends meet.

The budget for the police department is $164 million this year.

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