NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Police departments across the country are having trouble filling open positions. So the Ethical Society of Police sponsored its first diversity recruitment fair Saturday to get their message out to people interested in police work. “We’re...
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department wants you on their force. Police Chief John Hayden said that the department is working with the Ethical Society of Police to help make that change. “The goal is to fill this gap,” he said...
Six months ago, the acquittal of a white police officer charged with the murder of an African-American man sparked widespread protests in St. Louis and put a spotlight on racial disparities in the police department. About 47 percent of city residents are...
For Ferguson native Christopher Jamison, living through the protests that followed the shooting death of Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, was a lesson in contradictions. Jamison is a black man who was born and raised in Ferguson and loves his hometown....
Sisters Rosa Rojas (L) and Suleima Rojas (R) are officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. CHAR DASTON | ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO The seventh floor conference room of St. Louis Police Headquarters is windowless and sterile, but it...
