St. Louis Police Officers Association

Prosecutors, public defenders and others review the damage caused by the staffing crisis in the circuit attorney’s office and discuss how to move on after Kim Gardner leaves.

The St. Louis Police Officers Association’s new contract with the city would be voided if the state takes control of the department, which is being considered by the Missouri legislature

Unions representing patrol officers and sergeants overwhelmingly approved the deal. The raises are among the largest for the department in nearly three decades.

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.

As Kayla Reed and a new generation of local leaders saw each of their reform efforts fail to curb police violence in the St. Louis area, they soon realized that what they really had to overcome was the police union’s political force in local elections.

The call to defund the police has gained steam as activists and advocates bring attention to police budgets that they believe could be better allocated to education, healthcare, and social services. At the heart of this call is the question of whether or not police increase public safety. Growing numbers of people are joining a movement to abolish the current system of policing and imagine new structures for responding to mental health crises, domestic violence, and social problems created by poverty and racism. In this episode, we talk to the co-chairs of St. Louis’ Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression about police accountability and the tension between efforts to reform and desire to abolish the current system of policing.

The St. Louis Police Officers Association is suing St. Louis County, saying county officials have refused to begin contract negotiations since they…

Five years ago, control of the St. Louis police department returned to the city.For more than 150 years, a state-appointed board had overseen the…

Updated September 1 at 4:25 p.m. with response from Gardner — The St. Louis chief of police says none of his department’s leadership was involved in…

The St. Louis prosecutor’s office will no longer accept cases from 28 St. Louis police officers, and is reviewing the testimony they have offered in…