St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Not to be confused with St. Louis County Police Department or St. Louis Lambert Airport Police Department.

Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis
The current Seal of the Metropolitan Police Department
The current Seal of the Metropolitan Police Department
The current patch of the Metropolitan Police Department
The current patch of the Metropolitan Police Department
SLMPD officer badge, with number omitted.
SLMPD officer badge, with number omitted.
Flag of City of St. Louis
Flag of City of St. Louis
Common nameMetropolitan Police Department
AbbreviationSLMPD, MPDSL
MottoOfficium moris principatum et aequi Omnibus (Latin)
Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All
Agency overview
Formed1808; 216 years ago (1808)[1]
EmployeesDecrease 1,458.0 full-time (2022) [2]
Annual budgetUS$220,000,000 [FY 2023][3]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Department
Size65.99 square miles (170.9 km2) (total) (land)
Population294,890 (2021)[4]
Legal jurisdictionCity of St.Louis
Governing bodyPublic Safety Department - City of St. Louis
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters1915 Olive Downtown West, St. Louis
Police OfficersIncrease1000(2022)[3]
Corrections personnel and Civilian membersDecrease 462 (2021)[3]
Director of the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis responsible
  • Charles Coyle
Agency executives
  • Col. Robert J. Tracy, Police Commissioner
  • Lt. Col. Ryan Cousins, Commander of Support Operations
  • Lt. Col. Michael Sack, Commander of Professional Standards
  • Lt. Col. Renee Kriesmann, Commander of Operations
  • Lt. Col. Eric Larson, Commander of Crime Control Strategies
Parent agencyPublic Safety Department - City of St. Louis
Bureaus
4
  • Bureau of Crime Control Strategies
  • Bureau of Professional Standards
  • Bureau of Support Operations
  • Bureau of Operations
Patrol Divisions
3
  • South Patrol
  • Central Patrol
  • North Patrol
Facilities
Stations3 Patrol Stations, 6 sub-stations
Justice CentersCity Justice Center 200 S.Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, Missouri
Marked and Unmarked vehicles2000+
Helicopter/Airplanes6 Helicopter, 1 Fixed Wing
Horses14
K-9's20
Notables
Anniversary
    • August 7, 1808 (1808-08-07)
    • (216 years ago)
Website
Metropolitan Police Department official website
[5]

The Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis (also known as the SLMPD or Metro Police) is the primary law enforcement agency for the U.S. city of St. Louis.

According to the Mapping Police Violence dataset, SLMPD has the highest police use of deadly force per capita.[6][7] The SLMPD union has strongly resisted attempts to establish independent oversight of police misconduct.[6] When Kimberly Gardner, the top prosecutor in St. Louis, sought to establish a unit within her office to independently investigate police misconduct, the leader of the SLMPD union said Gardner should be removed "by force or by choice."[6]

  1. ^ "The St.Louis Police Department: Then and Now". St.Louis Police Museum. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. ^ Public Safety: Departmental Responsibilities 2019
  3. ^ a b c "Public Safety: Annual Operating Plan" (PDF). Budget Division. July 3, 2019. p. 3. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. ^ for St Louis, Missouri in 2021
  5. ^ "Chief: St. Louis police budget gap can be met without layoffs". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 16, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Scheiber, Noam; Stockman, Farah; Goodman, J. David (June 6, 2020). "How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Police Accountability Tool". Mapping Police Violence. Retrieved June 7, 2020.