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RIVERVIEW • A 31-year-old man was fatally shot Monday in Riverview.Police there were called to a shooting in the 300 block of Scenic Drive at about 11:15 a.m. They found a man who had been shot at least once. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The Riverview police asked the St. Louis County police department to investigate the homicide, according to a press release from the St. Louis County police department.Police are withholding the victim's identity until he is positively identified and next-of-kin have been notified.Scenic Drive is a narrow road ending in a cul-de-sac on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 or CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-8477. … [Read more...] about St. Louis County police investigating fatal shooting in Riverview

Ben, an explosive detection and tracking dog with the St. Louis County Police Department, gives a newly unveiled bronze statue a sniff after a dedication ceremony in the police and firefighter Memorial Plaza outside St. Louis County Police headquarters in Clayton on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Money for the statue was raised by P.A.W. (Pups At Work) Stoppers to honor past, current and future police dogs. P.A.W. Stoppers raises money that goes to support training and equipment for area police dogs. P.A.W. Stoppers also pays for dog food and veterinarian expenses after a dog is retired from the police department. Pictured with Ben is his handler, Officer Derrick Fort. Ben is a four-year-old Labrador Retriever that has been working in the department since Aug. 8, 2014. Photo by David Carson, [email protected] … [Read more...] about Police dogs have their day as statue is unveiled outside St. Louis County Police headquarters

Robert J. di Grazia, the former Boston police commissioner and St. Louis County police superintendent, died Thursday (April 26, 2018) at his home in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 90.The Boston Police Department announced his death.Mr. di Grazia served as an officer, sergeant and chief of the Novato, Calif., police department in the 1960s, the Boston Herald reported. He then led the St. Louis County Police Department from 1970 to 1972.He left St. Louis County when the mayor of Boston appointed him as commissioner there, the Boston Globe reported. He served from 1972 to 1977, during the height of that city's busing crisis. He resigned to become chief of police in Montgomery County, Md.A story in the Boston Globe says "some of those who worked with Mr. di Grazia recalled him as Boston’s first truly modern police commissioner, an outsider recruited from St. Louis County, Mo., who helped root out corruption, improve training, and professionalize an old-school department." … [Read more...] about Former St. Louis County police superintendent Robert J. di Grazia dies

CREVE COEUR • A St. Louis County police officer was arrested and charged with DWI after driving off a road in Creve Coeur early Saturday, authorities said, the fourth county officer to face drunken driving allegations this year.Creve Coeur police stopped Katherine Simmons, 33, about 1:30 a.m. in a residential area on Olive Boulevard near North Mosley Road, the department said in a release Monday.Simmons reportedly ran off the road and struck a street sign and a nearby tree, police said. She was the only occupant of the car and was not injured, police said.She told police she was currently employed as a detective with the St. Louis County Police Department, Creve Coeur police said.Officers said they determined she was intoxicated and arrested her for DWI. She was charged in Creve Coeur municipal court and released, police said.St. Louis County police confirmed an officer had been charged with DWI in Creve Coeur and said she had been suspended with pay. Simmons was hired by the … [Read more...] about St. Louis County police officer arrested for DWI, the 4th from the department this year