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08.15.2008 4:02 pm

Chief candidate could spell trouble for headlines

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Recently retired police Chief Joe Mokwa left late last month with some unfriendly headlines hanging over his head. Roy Joachimstaler

His replacement could get revenge — on the copy editor’s at least.

Among the baker’s dozen of candidates that have stepped forward to replace…

08.08.2008 10:59 am

Slay to call for tougher Metro security after wave of attacks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mayor Francis Slay will join the city’s new acting police chief at City Hall today to call for tougher security at MetroLink stations. MetroLink file photo

The push comes after a wave of assaults near the Delmar Loop, detailed in a story by Post-Dispatch…

07.25.2008 2:31 pm

Police Board exiles reporters, hires GOP consultant Zemitzsch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Across the street from City Hall, the lobby at police headquarters is filled with listless reporters waiting for the latest on Police Chief Joe Mokwa. Paul Zemitzsch

The Police Board — including Mayor Francis Slay — banned reporters from the sixth-floor conference before meeting to…

07.22.2008 4:26 pm

Donnelly calls for new Police Board investigation of Mokwa

Just minutes before St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa was to hold a press conference on the matter, state Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for attorney general, “called on the St. Louis Police Board to immediately ask for a…