Slay, left, and Isom talk with former State Rep. Louis Ford outside the aldermanic chambers

Mayor Francis Slay escorted the city’s new chief police, Dan Isom, around City Hall today, where the freshly-appointed top cop was set to address the Board…

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Not chief more than a few hours, and already the city’s new top cop is blogging.

Via the Twitter feed from our police reporter, Jeremy Kohler, we learn that new Police Chief Dan Isom has a blog to go with his new job.

“Today, I…

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

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…

Does more guns equal more crime — or less crime?

The latter is an argument that many an NRA member will make passionately, something Mayor Francis Slay already seems to know.

On his website today, Slay – mayor of a city where this…

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

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

State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed has found herself in a thorny political battle that most incumbents usually get to avoid — especially in a primary.

Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat vying for her second term in the State House, is facing a…

From her start as a community activist — some would say agitator — State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed has never been one to back down from a fight. (Just ask the police officers who dragged her off the MetroLink tracks during a protest…

Word is that tomorrow Jay Nixon will formally accept the backing of the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police at events in Columbia and Springfield.

The endorsement is particularly interesting given that the police officers’ organization endorsed Matt Blunt in 2004.

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During the legislative session, State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin was leading the charge to remove more than a century of state control over the city police department.

Now, El-Amin, saying that crime in some parts of St. Louis is out of control,…

State Rep. Jeff Harris, seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general, has added another name to his roster of St. Louis-area supporters: Florissant Mayor Bob Lowery.

“We can count on Jeff Harris to work with law enforcement to make sure they…