| St. Louis County Police Department | |
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| Common name | St. Louis County PD |
| Abbreviation | SLCPD |
| Motto | To Serve and Protect |
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| Employees | 1,290 (2020) |
| Annual budget | $87,561,609 (2010)[2] $87,673,800 (2011)[3] $147,707,521 (2020)[4] |
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| Operations jurisdiction | St. Louis County, Missouri, United States |
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| Size | 520 sq mi (1,300 km2). |
| Population | 1,005,159 (2022 Census) |
| Legal jurisdiction | St. Louis County, Missouri |
| Governing body | St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners |
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| Headquarters | 7900 Forsyth Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63105 |
| Sworn members | 800 (2020) |
| Unsworn members | 329 (2018) |
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| Facilities | |
| Precincts | 8 Precincts, 12 sub-stations |
| Helicopter/Airplanes | 6 Helicopter, 1 Fixed Wing |
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| St. Louis County Police Department Official Website | |
The St. Louis County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The St. Louis County Police Department (also known as the SLCPD or County Police) is the primary and largest law enforcement agency serving St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The current Chief of Police is Colonel Kenneth Gregory. According to the Charter of St. Louis County, the county police chief has all of the criminal law enforcement duties of the sheriff of St. Louis County, except for the operation of the St. Louis County Jail, which is handled by the St. Louis County Department of Justice Services (civilian), court bailiff and service of civil process. Court bailiff/civil process duties are provided by a court-appointed sheriff and his employees, none of whom have law enforcement powers.
The St. Louis County Police Department is the Largest County police agency in Missouri, based on number of employees, county population, and geographic area served.
This change in law enforcement services occurred in 1955, when the St. Louis County Charter was amended by the voters to restrict the duties of the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. The position of elected sheriff was eliminated. St. Louis County is one of two counties in Missouri that does not have an elected sheriff. With the charter amendment, all law enforcement services were assigned to a new police agency, the St. Louis County Police Department. The department is primarily responsible for law enforcement and investigations within unincorporated St. Louis County and contract municipalities, however, it has full police authority throughout the county, including its 88 municipalities which are also served by 58 local police departments, some of them very small.[5] Additionally, St. Louis County police officers are authorized to enforce Missouri law in all counties in the state having a government of the first classification, which includes the independent City of St. Louis. Deputy Chief Kenneth Gregory was appointed to the position of Chief of Police on January 28, 2022, by the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners.
- ^ "The St. Louis County Police Department: Then and Now". St. Louis County. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
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- ^ "Download". www.stlouisco.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ "Budget summary" (PDF). www.stlouisco.com. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ New Flordell Hills police force off to rough start as officer is charged with stealing from evidence room; by Jennifer S Mann, 2 October 2014, St Louis Post-Dispatch