I think the whole department should be investigated, made to go through training, and every officer should be re-screened and tested. Just today I watched on Gravios at Chippiwa where 2 of St. Louis finest , ran red lights just so they could get to Quick Trip and talk over fountain drinks. I see police break the laws all the time because they feel they enforce the laws,not obey them. Running stop lights, or using their lights and sirens just to get through an intersection, only to turn them off once through and pull into the nearest 711, Quick trip or up next to another officer sitting in the bank parking lot is a daily occurrence in my neighborhood. I also often see them parking in no parking zones for no police business. I can watch them from my front porch at one major intersection off Gravios and often see them doing this. Its mostly the younger police officers as well, although, I have seen some of the older officers do the same. I for one have no respect for these clowns as they do nothing but abuse the authority they are trusted with. I say investigate them all, and weed out the egotistic morons who think the badge gives them the right to break the law.

investigate them all. Just today I watched 2 of St.Ls finest run red lights at gravios and chippawa just to goto QT and chat over fountain drinks. I see this all the time. From my front porch I often watch STL finest run lights, or use sirens and lights to get through intersection on gravios just to park and talk with other officers in the bank parking lot, or at 711 or QT. I mostly notice the younger officers, but there are older ones doing this as well. Its like they feel they are to enforce the law, not obey it. Its time to get the ego trip law breakers off the force, because if they dont respect the laws, why should anyone else?

precedence

why wont my comments post?

It is a known fact, you can not objectively investigate or hire someone yourself to investigate you. Duh!!! Come on in FBI, State Highway Patrol. I got it!!!! How about a Citizen’s Review Board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is time the people of this country rise up against the tyranny of this government.
All politicians,police officers,senators,etc in positions of power that abuse their power and opress the people they are hired to serve need to serve prison time in a state prison, not some cushy federal prison where they can play golf.
What this towing company, the cheif’s daughter and probably some corrupt officers on the police force did to this woman amounts to fraud and grand theft larceny.
What

First the police impound her car, then the towing company with ties to the police force won’t let her claim it, then someone calls the lien holder (bank) and informs them the car had been totaled. I’m positive this was done so the bank wouldn’t attempt to reposess it, if she did stop paying for it. Sounds like someone saw a nice car and wanted what belonged to someone else.
If I as a citizen did that to someone else I would be in prison for fraud and larceny. I say put all of those involved in a state prison to serve time for fraud and grand theft larceny. I am sick and tired of those put in a position of authority opressing the people they are supposed to serve. Let them all do time.

Mo-Jos tows for west county cities not st louis county itself. I worked for metro/S and H. someone should investigate them and take a look at how many towing companies the owners are a major silent partner in. Those facts might prove very interesting.

Anybody who has ever dealt with these tow company scumbags knows they’re as corrupt as Boss Tweed. It’s nice that our town’s sleepy press corps is finally getting to the bottom of it. But it’d be more satisfying to put the tow crooks out of business with a few hand grenades.

I would like to know some more things about this story:
1. Are other people (besides Mokwa’s daughter)able to purchase unclaimed/unpaid cars from this towing company?
2. What is a reasonable price for an accident involved automobile seized in a drug arrest and apparently not insured - do those fetch blue book anywhere? Do buyers think those cars are probably “well maintained?”
3. What is the per car per day cost incurred by a towing company for keeping a car at their facility (given limited space for holding impounded or unclaimed cars)? Not the price they charge, but the real estate ammortization, real estate taxes, security costs, accounting costs, and administrative costs et al divided by the number of cars they can accomodate. More than zero?
4. Given a finite numer of cars a towing company can store, and the cost involved in both keeping them and disposing of them, and the dubious value of the cars not reclaimed by owners, might it not be reasonable for a towing company to liquidate unclaimed cars to more than just one policeman’s daughter?
The Post Dispatch articles on this topic hint at a lot of things, but don’t present any evidence that special favors or corruption happened. All I can tell is that Ms. Mokwa knows where to get inexpensive cars of questionable value, and she likes it that way. I don’t envy the “deals” shes’ gotten.