The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed a bill Friday that puts the Detention Facilities Oversight Board and the Civilian Police Oversight Board under a civilian commissioner.
Updated: 8:59 AM CST February 4, 2021
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. The St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners gave Chief Mary Barton a $12,000 raise during its December board meeting, but its chairman hung up on a reporter when asked about it.
Judge William Ray Price Jr. is the chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, which includes five civilian members appointed by County Executive Sam Page. The five members selected Barton to become chief in April 2020 and voted to raise her salary to $163,092.80 from $151,008 during their December meeting.
It s an 8% raise. Officers and sergeants got a 3% raise, professional staff got a 2% raise and all commanders with the rank of lieutenant and above got their annual step increases, but no raises.
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reporter: absolutely. and the mayor said that himself. look if you recall me i will obviously have to step down but until then he said look i m from this city. i grew up here. i used to ride bicycle up and down. he s not going anywhere unless they use those legal mechanisms to make him go. anderson? is there any update on the condition of the officers? we know they were released from the hospital yesterday. reporter: no they have not talked to us about that. we know they were at home as you just stated but we did talk to someone from the st. louis police association who said at this point until they get a little more time and heal a little bit more they re not sure whether they ll be able to return to their normal police work. anderson? sara thank you. part of the investigation involves figuring out what type of weapon was used in the shooting. see muzzle flashes 125 yards away. gary tuchman went to a shooting range to see how it would be for