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Prosecutor adds 22 St. Louis police officers to exclusion list
St. Louis’ top prosecutor has added 22 more names to a list of city police officers who are not allowed to bring cases to her office, after a national group accused the officers of posting racist and anti-Muslim comments on social media. The 22 new names brings to 59 the total number of officers on […]
Prosecutor adds 22 St. Louis police officers to exclusion list
St. Louis’ top prosecutor has added 22 more names to a list of city police officers who are not allowed to bring cases to her office, after a national group accused the officers of posting racist and anti-Muslim comments on social media. The 22 new names brings to 59 the total number of officers on […]
Lawsuits filed regarding St. Louis police ‘kettling’ practice
More than a dozen people arrested in a police “kettle” during a 2017 protest in St. Louis are suing the city, police officers and their supervisors, alleging they were roughed up, pepper sprayed and illegally detained. Federal lawsuits were filed Monday, a year to the day after the Sept. 17, 2017, downtown protest. It was […]
Lawsuits filed regarding St. Louis police ‘kettling’ practice
More than a dozen people arrested in a police “kettle” during a 2017 protest in St. Louis are suing the city, police officers and their supervisors, alleging they were roughed up, pepper sprayed and illegally detained. Federal lawsuits were filed Monday, a year to the day after the Sept. 17, 2017, downtown protest. It was […]
Jury sides with police whistleblower
Four years to the month after Margaret Owens claims the St. Louis Police Department retaliated against her for blowing the whistle about drug-testing errors at the crime lab, a jury awarded Owens $175,000.
St. Louis police whistleblower suit goes to trial
A former St. Louis police chemist who says she was fired after complaining about drug testing errors at the city crime lab is facing off against her onetime bosses and co-workers this week at a trial expected to feature some of the department's top commanders as witnesses.
St. Louis police officers sue to block ballot measure
A lawsuit is attempting to block a proposed ballot measure that would return control of the St. Louis and Kansas City police departments to those cities.
Officers can’t intervene in World Series case, court says
If a group of St. Louis police officers want to stop the Board of Police Commissioners from disclosing their personnel records, they must file a separate lawsuit against the board, a Missouri appeals court said.
Lawyers argue over motion to intervene in World Series ticket case
Lawyers were in court this morning arguing about whether police officers investigated for allegedly stealing money from a man arrested for scalping 2006 World Series tickets should be allowed to intervene in the case.
Police must turn over World Series tickets investigation
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners must turn over an internal affairs investigation into a complaint that police officers seized from scalpers 2006 World Series tickets and gave them to family and friends.
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