Hot-Spot Policing

Thursday on St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden defended his crime-fighting strategy in the north St. Louis area known as “Hayden’s…

A spike in daytime burglaries and the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy near O'Fallon Park are the driving factors behind the latest policing hotspot by…

Saying it's time to get back police back into the neighborhoods, St. Louis Metropolitan police chief Sam Dotson on Monday launched the first of three…

CINCINNATI – Cincinnati’s police reform following a deadly police shooting and riots in 2001 has lessons for Ferguson and St. Louis. Here is what the…

It felt a little like a pep rally outside of Northwest Academy of Law High School in north St. Louis as about 400 students, community leaders and members…

The Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood, on the city's northwest side, will get some extra attention from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for the…

After an increase in robberies and burglaries in South St. Louis, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Sam Dotson sent extra forces into three…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 26, 2012 - The premise sounds simple, even obvious, but in St. Louis at least, it seems to be…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 21, 2012 - When St. Louis Police Chief Daniel Isom announced his recent anti-crime initiative,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 31, 2012 - In the criminal justice system, the people of St. Louis are represented by more than…