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On Tuesday afternoon, after Missouri Auditor Susan Montee released an audit critical of the St. Louis Police Department’s business practices, we intended to confront Police Chief Daniel Isom and Todd Epsten, chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, with…

The beat goes on with local violent crime: A 66-year-old Belleville woman was stabbed to death Friday. A 49-year-old man was gunned down at midnight Saturday near Sherman Park on the city’s north side. A U.S. Park Service ranger shot and killed…

The Missouri Supreme Court struck down the St. Louis Police Board’s retiree health care plan yesterday.

The court held that state law which requires the police board to provide health care was violated when retirees were offered a slim benefits package at no…

The day after Major Paul Nocchiero, of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, was promoted to captain he received another appointment:

He was made operations commander for the police department’s response to the great flood of 1993.

Now secretary to the Board…