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St. Louis Mayor Looks to Reform Police Operations and Crime
Mayor Tishaura Jones wants to make change by defunding the police and jails and redirecting the funds to social workers, affordable housing, homeless aid and civil rights litigators.
May 03, 2021 • (TNS) Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, from her first snowy April day in office, has signaled her administration will bring a fundamental shift in the way City Hall addresses police operations and crime in St. Louis, Mo. I stand here before you today resolved to make change, Jones said in her inaugural speech less than two weeks ago, to transform our city and to transform our approach to safety.