Law enforcement

FBI special agent Lesley Edge demonstrates her firearms skills on July 15, 2019. Edge is the only female firearms instructor in the St. Louis field office of the FBI.

FBI Hopes Event In St. Louis Will Encourage More Women To Join The Bureau

Rachel Lippmann

Only 20% of FBI agents nationwide are women — and that number is less in St. Louis: 10%.So, the bureau hopes an event scheduled for July 24 in St. Louis…

Detective Melody Quinn of the St. Louis County Police Department leads a class outlining the myths and dangers of the sythetic opioid fentanyl, which was involved in the majority of the county's overdose deaths last year.

Health, Science & Environment

Touching Fentanyl — Or Overdose Victims — Won't Cause First Responders Harm

Sarah Fentem

Officials from the St. Louis County Police Department want the public and the region’s law enforcement to know touching the synthetic opioid fentanyl…

Illinois Supply and Provisions in Collinsville sold $5 million of recreational marijuana in January. The dispensary accounted for 13.6% of sales in Illinois.

Government, Politics & Issues

Wash U study finds no increase in youth marijuana use in states with reduced penalties

Shahla Farzan

Decriminalizing marijuana doesn’t necessarily lead to an increase in adolescent use, according to research from Washington University.Marijuana possession…

Government, Politics & Issues

Rural counties seek their own tax increases to boost law enforcement salaries

Rachel Lippmann

Four rural counties outside St. Louis will ask their voters Tuesday for more money in an effort to keep officers at their departments and make it easier…

FBI and ATF agents enter the the home of James T. Hodgkinson, the man identified as shooting a Republican member of congress, in Belleville, Illinois on June 14, 2017.

Government, Politics & Issues

Belleville man who shot, injured Republicans ranted against their policies

David Cazares

The Belleville man who authorities say opened fire Wednesday as Republicans practiced for the annual Congressional Baseball Game was distressed about the…

James Hodgkinson of Belleville protests outside of the United States Post Office in downtown Belleville in this file photo from 2012.

Government, Politics & Issues

Belleville man, suspected of opening fire on members of Congress, dies

David Cazares

Updated June 14 at 1:10 p.m. with comment from lifelong acquaintance - Metro East residents are coming to terms with the notion that one of their…

Health, Science & Environment

DEA announces big meth bust in St. Louis

Nearly 200 pounds of narcotics are off the streets of St. Louis today.The St. Louis division of the Drug Enforcement Administration has announced the…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri sheriffs will be able to help each other with less red tape

Marshall Griffin

A new law signed by Gov. Jay Nixon last week will make it easier for county law enforcement agencies in Missouri to assist one another in an…

Father Mike Boehm, right, a chaplain with the St. Louis County Police Department, spoke with county police officers Evan Roettering, center, and Benjamin Selz, left foreground, at the incident command post for the Ferguson civil unrest. Fr. Boehm witnesse

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis police chaplains minister to officers after Ballwin shooting

St. Louis area police chaplains say the shooting of a Ballwin police officer Friday has shaken the local law enforcement community, especially since the…

State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, listens as state Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, explains the Fair and Impartial Policing Act. The two lawmakers are co-sponsors.

Government, Politics & Issues

Nasheed, Dogan propose major overhaul of state traffic stop data

Rachel Lippmann

Updated at 3 p.m. with comments from Nasheed, Dogan and others - Police departments in Missouri that continually engage in racial profiling could be…