Construction of the buildings could start as early as Friday. Officers assigned to the Affton Southwest and North County precincts currently work out of retrofitted spaces rented by the county.
The $300,000 grant will fund a team of researchers who will talk to corrections officers and jail residents to understand how racism and racial inequalities play out in the jail.
While the Missouri Highway Patrol investigates a St. Louis County office sex tape, Councilman Tim Fitch is pushing to make sex on county property illegal.