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Keaveny files bill to return police control to the city of St. Louis Print E-mail
By Jo Mannies, Beacon political reporter   
Posted 10:16 am Tue., 12.1.09

keaveny100joesen.jpgted 4:15 p.m. Tues., Dec. 1: Missouri's newest state senator, Joe Keaveny, D-St. Louis, made good on his pledge by pre-filing his first bill Tuesday. As promised, it calls for returning control of the St. Louis Police Department to the city of St. Louis.

For more than 100 years, the department has been under state control, although the city pays the bills. (The setup stems from Missouri's Civil War divisions, where the state capital backed the conferency but the city of St. Louis preferred union forces.)

State Rep. Jamila Nasheed, D-St. Louis, said today that she also is committed to making local control her top priority in the House. She reinterated her earlier belief that Republican House leaders also support the idea.

 

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#1 Ed Golterman 2009-12-01 14:25
Makes no difference..a failed police department run by
the state or by the city.

The petition that should have been filed should have been filed
in court to recover the millions in ticket tax revenue the
Cardinals are keeping...after the City made this concession
based on the phony ballpark village deal.

And with the money, hire and train a few dozen more police
officers.

There are no political answers to protecting the people of
St. Louis and our rapidly decreasing number of visitors.
 

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