GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police
1 year, 8 months ago

GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has more murders than ever before — and Missouri's Republican lawmakers are again pressuring for a state takeover of the police force. For much of its history, police in Missouri's two largest cities of St. Louis and Kansas City had been overseen by state boards appointed predominantly by the governor. Yet some state lawmakers contend it's time to declare local police control a failure in St. Louis. Beyond debating control of the St. Louis police, Missouri lawmakers also are weighing a bill allowing the state to take over prosecution of violent crimes in that city.

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GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police
1 year, 8 months ago

GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police

Associated Press  

— Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has more murders than ever before — and Missouri’s Republican lawmakers are again pressuring for a state takeover of the police force. For much of its history, police in Missouri’s two largest cities of St. Louis and …

Missouri governor would control St. Louis police under bill
1 year, 10 months ago

Missouri governor would control St. Louis police under bill

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s governor would control St. Louis police under a bill advanced Wednesday in the state House. “This experiment was 11 years in the making and frankly, the promises have been broken,” said Rep. Justin Sparks, a suburban St. Louis Republican pushing the bill. Republican Rep. Jeff Myers, another suburban St. Louis Republican pushing the bill, called on fellow lawmakers …

Kansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding
2 years, 5 months ago

Kansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding

Associated Press  

— Leaders in largely Democratic Kansas City, Missouri, don’t control the city’s police department, hire the police chief or determine how the department spends its tax dollars. A local civil rights leader sued on behalf of city taxpayers, arguing that allowing the state to control the city’s police force amounts to “taxation without representation” and discriminates against Kansas City’s large …

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