Former Warrenton Police Chief Davis Bernard said today that city officials gave him no reason for asking him to resign.

“I didn’t know I was not doing a good job,” Bernard said. “My impression was that I was terminated. They gave…

Sam Steward

Elsberry Police Chief Sam Steward has been fired.

City officials won’t say why they fired Steward. In a 7-hour closed meeting Tuesday night, the Elsberry Board of Alderman voted 4-2 to oust Steward, 59, who has served as chief since…

Interim Chief Bill Seibert

O’Fallon Interim Police Chief Bill Seibert is pushing for a change in the way the department’s 109 police officers work.

The department currently requires officers work 10-hour shifts, which Seibert says is rare for police departments in the…

O’Fallon this morning rejected my public records request for minutes and any recorded votes during last Thursday’s closed session of the City Council. During that meeting, council members discussed the status of City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr.’s employment.

Lowery, Mayor Donna…

O’Fallon Police Chief Jerry Schulte, who has held the top cop’s position since August 2005, is considering retirement soon, said Tom Drabelle, a city spokesman.

Police Chief Jerry Schulte

Schulte declined comment through Officer Diana Damke, a police spokeswoman. She would not…

You know you’ve been dying to e-mail O’Fallon Police Chief Jerry Schulte to discuss the latest crime trends. Or to ask him why he believes O’Fallon is ranked the third-safest city in the nation by the CQ Press.

Well now you…