Missouri House passes bill that would put St. Louis Police Department under state control
The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state control. House B...
The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would put the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state control. House Bill 702 was passed by a vote of 113-40. The bill would put the department under the control of a five-member board made up of the mayor of St. Louis and four commissioners appointed by the governor of Missouri. The bill would also require the city to give police officers a raise by July of next year. In a debate on the bill last week, Republican and some Democratic supporters argued the city is failing to control crime, which they said is spilling into the suburbs and hurting businesses.