/tags/robert-tracy Robert Tracy en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:31:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-20/missouri-house-passes-state-takeover-of-st-louis-police-department The House also passed legislation barring state funds from going to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a bill shielding companies from having to place specific cancer warnings on pesticides. Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:31:51 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-02-20/missouri-house-passes-state-takeover-of-st-louis-police-department Sarah Kellogg /government-politics-issues/2025-01-22/missouri-republicans-again-push-state-control-of-st-louis-police-department The legislation heard in Senate and House committees would place the St. Louis police department under a governor-appointed board. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:01:30 GMT /government-politics-issues/2025-01-22/missouri-republicans-again-push-state-control-of-st-louis-police-department Sarah Kellogg /law-order/2025-01-21/st-louis-police-officers-poised-to-get-7-pay-bump The change to the current contract between the city and the St. Louis Police Officers Association will boost an officer’s starting pay from $53,196 to $56,920. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:40:17 GMT /law-order/2025-01-21/st-louis-police-officers-poised-to-get-7-pay-bump Rachel Lippmann /news-briefs/2024-10-14/public-crime-maps-return-to-st-louis-police-website The mapping tool, which department officials said cost “several thousand” dollars, gives people several different ways to view crime in the city. Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:14:11 GMT /news-briefs/2024-10-14/public-crime-maps-return-to-st-louis-police-website Rachel Lippmann /news-briefs/2024-10-01/st-louis-officials-trumpet-success-at-first-quarterly-crime-briefing Homicide numbers continue to drop after a near-record high in 2020. Shootings and burglaries are up slightly in 2024 compared to the same time last year. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:31:52 GMT /news-briefs/2024-10-01/st-louis-officials-trumpet-success-at-first-quarterly-crime-briefing Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-09-30/st-louis-police-federal-agents-stop-gang-charged-with-supplying-fentanyl-in-south-st-louis Federal authorities have sentenced 15 members of south St. Louis gang 55 Boyz for fentanyl dealing, gun crimes and money laundering. The investigation involved St. Louis police and federal agents. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:36:47 GMT /law-order/2024-09-30/st-louis-police-federal-agents-stop-gang-charged-with-supplying-fentanyl-in-south-st-louis Chad Davis /law-order/2024-06-04/st-louis-missouri-police-unsolved-murders-race In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with white ones. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:10 GMT /law-order/2024-06-04/st-louis-missouri-police-unsolved-murders-race Tom Scheck, Jennifer Lu, Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-06-03/st-louis-officials-prepared-for-summer-violence-after-10-weekend-shootings There were 17 people shot in the city in 10 cases from Friday to Sunday. Three of the victims later died. Mon, 03 Jun 2024 22:39:50 GMT /law-order/2024-06-03/st-louis-officials-prepared-for-summer-violence-after-10-weekend-shootings Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2024-02-20/st-louis-police-chief-is-paid-100k-a-year-by-local-foundation-raising-concerns-about-loyalties With a high violent crime rate and claims of inequitable policing in St. Louis, local leaders are questioning the $100,000 per year Chief Robert Tracy receives from local business owners. “Can the criminals get together and pay the chief?” asked one alderwoman. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:29:51 GMT /law-order/2024-02-20/st-louis-police-chief-is-paid-100k-a-year-by-local-foundation-raising-concerns-about-loyalties Jeremy Kohler /law-order/2024-02-01/violence-hits-the-heart-of-st-louis-residents-some-say-police-arent-doing-enough As public safety officials celebrate record-breaking crime lows in parts of the St. Louis region, community members continue grieving losses. Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2024-02-01/violence-hits-the-heart-of-st-louis-residents-some-say-police-arent-doing-enough Lacretia Wimbley