Police accountability

A report by the Center for Policing Equity provides public safety recommendations to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and city police.

Records show that two Independence, Missouri, police employees reported working more than 1,000 hours of overtime in 2021, raising questions about safety and who's watching extra pay at City Hall.

The police union in the city voted on a no-confidence measure last week.

Independence is revisiting its policies after discovering that a police officer made close to $170,000 in overtime pay in 2021, making him the highest paid city employee that year.

The City of St. Louis has asked a judge to strike down a wide-ranging bill that boosts protections for police under investigation for misconduct.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and Public Safety officials plan to ensure that police officers stop using force far more often on Black people than on white people.

Council members were opposed to the cost and called them unnecessary, but changed their position when the police chief said the cameras are essential equipment.

Michael Brown Jr.'s father and stepmother are still hopeful that the former Ferguson police officer who shot their son will be held accountable as conversations surrounding police violence and justice continue. Yet the family also is focused on healing.

An internal investigation reviewed by the Illinois State Police and the local NAACP found the officer used restraint. Families of the teen girls disagree.

Chief Chris Locke issued the statement on Facebook a week after the incident and complained that news coverage was inaccurate but has refused to say how.