St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Law enforcement agency in St. Louis City, Missouri, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with St. Louis County Police Department or St. Louis Lambert Airport Police Department.
The Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis (also known as the SLMPD or Metro Police) is the primary law enforcement agency for the U.S. city of St. Louis.
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Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis | |
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Common name | Metropolitan Police Department |
Abbreviation | SLMPD, MPDSL |
Motto | Officium moris principatum et aequi Omnibus (Latin) Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1808; 216 years ago (1808)[1] |
Employees | 1,458.0 full-time (2022) [2] |
Annual budget | US$220,000,000 [FY 2023][3] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Department | |
Size | 65.99 square miles (170.9 km2) (total) (land) |
Population | 294,890 (2021)[4] |
Legal jurisdiction | City of St.Louis |
Governing body | Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 1915 Olive Downtown West, St. Louis |
Police Officers | 1000(2022)[3] |
Corrections personnel and Civilian members | 462 (2021)[3] |
Director of the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis responsible |
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Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis |
Bureaus | 4
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Patrol Divisions | 3
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Facilities | |
Stations | 3 Patrol Stations, 6 sub-stations |
Justice Centers | City Justice Center 200 S.Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri |
Marked and Unmarked vehicles | 2000+ |
Helicopter/Airplanes | 6 Helicopter, 1 Fixed Wing |
Horses | 14 |
K-9's | 20 |
Notables | |
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Website | |
Metropolitan Police Department official website | |
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According to the Mapping Police Violence dataset, SLMPD has the highest police use of deadly force per capita.[6][7] The SLMPD union has strongly resisted attempts to establish independent oversight of police misconduct.[6] When Kimberly Gardner, the top prosecutor in St. Louis, sought to establish a unit within her office to independently investigate police misconduct, the leader of the SLMPD union said Gardner should be removed "by force or by choice."[6]