Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis

Metropolitan Police Department, St Louis
Flag of the City of St. Louis
Common name St Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Abbreviation SLMPD
Motto Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All
Service moris Ductu et aequi Omnibus (Latin)
Agency overview
Formed 1808
Employees Decrease 1,632 Full-Time (2016) [1],
Annual budget $ 134,762,395 mil. USD [FY 2017][2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Jurisdiction of the St Louis Police Department
Size 70.0 square miles (181 km2) (total), 61.9 square miles (160 km2) (land)
Population 308,626(2017)
Legal jurisdiction City of St. Louis
Governing body Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis
General nature • Local civilian agency
Headquarters 1915 Olive Downtown West, St. Louis

Police Officers Decrease1,194 (2016)[2]
Corrections and Civilians Increase 438 (2016)[2]
Elected officers responsible
Agency executives
Parent agency City of St. Louis Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis
Divisions
Bureaus
Facilities
Areas
Justice Centers City Justice Center 200 S.Tucker Blvd.St.Louis Missouri
Marked and Unmarkeds Chevrolet Tahoes, Chevrolet Impalas and Harley-Davidson Police Motorcycles
Police Boats 0
Helicopters 6
Planes 1
Horses 12
Police Dogs 22
Notables
Anniversary
  • August 7, 1846
Website
St. Louis Police Department official website
[4]
Headquarters
Police vehicle in Gravois Park, St. Louis

The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis (SLMPD) is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for serving the City of St. Louis in the U.S. state of Missouri. The department is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The current Commissioner of Police is Colonel John Hayden Jr., who was named to the position on December 28, 2017.[5] The Metropolitan Police Department is a division of the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis. the Metropolitan Police Department is the second largest city police agency in Missouri, based on number of employees, city population, and geographic area served..

Departmental History

The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis was established in 1808, five years after St. Louis became part of the U.S. The department was created with only four officers, who received no pay. Able-bodied men age 18 and older were required to patrol for four months of the year. This was the only police system for the next 10 years. Refusal to serve on patrol carried a fine of $1.[6]

Organization

The Metropolitan Police Department is headed by a Commissioner of Police . Currently, the Commissioner of Police is John Hayden Jr. who replaced former Commissioner Sam Dotson in 2017.

The SLMPD's organization consists of the Office of the Police Commissioner and Two bureaus. These include:

  • Office of the Police Commissioner
  • Bureau of Specialized Services
  • Bureau of Community Policing

[7]

Commissioner of Police

The commissioner serves as the senior sworn member of the SLMPD. John Hayden Jr. is the 35th individual to hold the post, which prior to 1806 was known as the Chief Inspector and that as Chief of Police and after that Commissioner of Police.[8]

Lieutenant colonels

The lieutenant colonels report directly to the Commissioner of Police, and hold the second-highest rank in the department. Each lieutenant colonel assists the Commissioner of Police in managing civilian and commissioned personnel, and serves as a member of the senior command staff.[9]

  • Lawrence M. O'Toole, Assistant Chief of Police
  • Ronnie Robinson, Deputy Chief of North Patrol Area Station
  • Gerald Leyshock, Deputy Chief of South Patrol Area Station
  • Michael Caruso, Office of the Assistant Chief of Police
  • Rochelle Jones, Deputy Chief of Central Patrol Area Station

Rank Structure

The SLMPD uses the following ranks, as dictated by State Statute.[10]

The structure of the Senior Command staff of The Police is:[11]

Title Insignia
Commissioner of Police Appointed by the Director of Public Safety & Mayor of St. Louis
Lieutenant Colonel Appointed by the Commissioner of Police from Commander and Captain ranks.
Major Appointed by the Commissioner of Police from Lieutenant and Captain ranks.
Captain Promotion based on panel interview/departmental assessment.
Lieutenant Promotion based on a written examination and panel interview/departmental assessment.
Sergeant Promotion based on a written examination and panel interview/departmental assessment.
Detective Promotion based on a written examination and panel interview/departmental assessment.
Corporal At least one year service as a technician before eligibility for promotion to corporal (after an additional written examination and interview).
Patrol officer
Recruit officer

Media

The Homicide Detectives of SLMPD will be featured in A&E's reality series The First 48.[12]

Fleet

The SLMPD utilizes a variety of vehicles, including the Ford Police Interceptor (CVPI), the Dodge Charger, the Chevrolet Tahoe, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2500 series, the Chevrolet Impala 9C1, the Chevrolet Caprice, the Ford Police Interceptor (sedan), the Ford Police Interceptor (utility), and the Ford F-150 and F-250. Both regularly marked and slicktop vehicles are used frequently. Each officer is issued the Beretta 92D 9mm handgun which has been standard issue since 1992. As of 2017 it was reported that the department would be getting new 9mm Beretta pistols to replace the currently issued aging Beretta 92D.[13]

Fallen Officers

From April 28, 1836, to Apr 13, 2016, the Officer Down Memorial Page reported that 170 officers in the St. Louis Police Department died in the line of duty,[14] 93 of them from gunfire,[15] 38 from automobile-related incidents, and three from heart attacks.[15] Many families of those killed in the line of duty get support from BackStoppers, a local charity.

The causes of death are as follows:

Cause of deaths Number of deaths
Aircraft accident
1
Automobile accident
9
Assault
6
Electrocuted
5
Fall
3
Gunfire
89
Gunfire (accidental)
4
Heart attack
3
Motorcycle accident
9
Struck by streetcar
7
Struck by train
2
Struck by vehicle
7
Structure collapse
2
Vehicular assault
10
Total
170

Organization

SLMPD provides law enforcement services to Three Area stations throughout the City of St.Louis:[16]

  1. Central Area Patrol Division (Districts 3,4)[17]
  2. North Area Patrol Division (Districts 5,6) [18]
  3. South Area Patrol Division (Districts 1,2) [19]

Aviation/Metro Air Support Unit

In 2004, the St. Charles County Police Department, the Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis, and the St. Louis County Police Department joined together to share resources and created the Metro Air Support. In 2007, the fleet included six helicopters, one fixed-wing airplane, six pilots, and eight crew chiefs.[20]

Force Investigation Unit

The Force Investigative Unit (FIU) was established in September 2014 as the entity responsible for the criminal investigation of all officer-involved shootings. The FIU investigates all officer-involved shootings occurring within the City of St. Louis involving commissioned officers of the Metropolitan Police Department, as well as commissioned officers of any other jurisdiction. Before the initiation of the FIU, the department researched and visited several other police departments to ensure the best policies and practices were implemented. The FIU consists of a lieutenant and four detectives dedicated solely to investigating officer-involved shootings. The team responses directly to the scene of each incident, allowing detectives to conduct a thorough investigation of the case. Under the new policies, once the FIU's investigation concludes, the case is then turned over to the Circuit Attorney's Office for review.[21]

St. Louis Lambert International Airport Police

[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Federal Bureau of Investigation: Uniform Crime Reports. 2016. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-26/table-26-state-cuts/table-26-missouri.xls
  2. 1 2 3 "Public Safety: Department Responsibilities" (PDF). Board of Aldermen. February 15, 2016. p. 3. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "New Public Safety Director: Public Safety" (PDF). St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Chief: St. Louis police budget gap can be met without layoffs". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 16, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "John Hayden Named Police Commissioner". KSDK. December 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Department History" (PDF). SLMPD.org.
  7. ↑ Template:Www.slmpd.org
  8. ↑ "Police Commissioner". SLMPD.org.
  9. ↑ "Deputy Chiefs". SLMPD.org.
  10. ↑ "Chapter 84, Section 84.150: Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City". Missouri Revised Statutes. Missouri General Assembly. August 28, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ "SLMPD Deputy Chiefs". SLMPD.org.
  12. ↑ "First 48 - St Louis City Police".
  13. ↑ https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2017/6/1/st-louis-police-sells-thompson-submachine-guns/
  14. ↑ "Fallen Officers". Officer Down Memorial Page.
  15. 1 2 Officer Down Memorial Page
  16. ↑ "Contact SLMPD." St Louis Police Department. Retrieved on September 8, 2015.
  17. ↑ http://slmpd.org/your_info.shtml
  18. ↑ http://slmpd.org/your_info.shtml
  19. ↑ http://slmpd.org/your_info.shtml
  20. ↑ Metro Airborne Law Enforcement of St. Louis, Mo
  21. ↑ "Department Force Investigative Unit" (PDF). SLMPD.org.
  22. ↑ Airport officers get new chief as merger with St. Louis police stalls


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