In a city with a high violent crime rate and claims of inequitable policing, leaders are questioning the $100,000 per year the chief receives from local business owners. “Can the criminals get together and pay the chief?” asked one alderwoman.
A unit created to investigate police shootings in St. Louis was riddled with delays, errors and incomplete work, a report found. The city is fighting to keep it secret.
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St. Louis' elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan to investigate allegations of police misconduct and use of force incidents.