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ST. LOUIS COUNTY • St. Louis County Police Chief Jon. M. Belmar has suspended officer training by a local company after complaints that a trainer used racial and homophobic slurs.The suspension was announced Thursday in a letter from Belmar to officers. Police sources told the Post-Dispatch that a trainer with Asymmetric Solutions had used the N word and criticized officers on a firing range as shooting “like a fairy.”Belmar said the company “relieved that instructor” from any further training with the department but that the police chief personally decided to immediately suspend training:“Although the training overall has received overwhelming positive evaluations, it has recently come to our attention that an instructor for Asymmetric Solutions has at times conducted himself in a very unprofessional and sometimes offensive manner. This behavior was not consistent with our values and contracted our expectations.”“As a result, the owner … [Read more...] about St. Louis County Police chief suspends training by company amid complaints trainer used racial, homophobic slurs

Updated at 7 p.m. Thursday with details about the firing of an officer arrested in Illinois.CLAYTON • A probationary St. Louis County officer was fired on Thursday after being arrested in O’Fallon, Ill., the night before on suspicion of drunken driving.The firing comes just days after another officer in the department resigned after his arrest on suspicion of DWI over the weekend — his second such arrest in a year.The arrests bring to three the number of officers facing allegations of drunken driving this year. Before the news of the latest arrest was confirmed, Police Chief Jon Belmar called the number “troubling.”Martin Gulley, 25, was arrested by police in O’Fallon on Wednesday night while off duty, a St. Louis County police spokesman said. He was a probationary officer who had been with the department less than a year.No details of his arrest were available from police in Illinois on Thursday.Another officer, Henry Griese, was arrested shortly … [Read more...] about Law and order One St. Louis County police officer fired, one resigns after drunken driving arrests

ST. LOUIS COUNTY • An off-duty officer was arresting two suspected shoplifters when a hidden occupant of their cargo van drove off, hitting the officer, who shot at the driver, police say. It was unknown if the officer's gunfire hit the driver, according to St. Louis County Police. The van was found abandoned about 9 miles away in St. Louis shortly after the incident. The officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries including cuts to his hand and a "lower body injury" from when he was hit by the van, Sgt. Shawn McGuire said in a news release late Wednesday. The officer, a 20-year veteran with the department, remained at the hospital Wednesday night. The officer, who was off-duty and not in uniform, had been shopping about 6:15 p.m. at a Costco at 4200 Rusty Road when store employees alerted him to two suspects stealing merchandise, McGuire said. The store is in a South County shopping plaza near Interstate 55 and Interstate … [Read more...] about Off-duty officer arresting Costco shoplifting suspects shoots at driver who hit him, St. Louis County Police say

ST. LOUIS COUNTY • An off-duty officer was arresting two suspected shoplifters when a hidden occupant of their cargo van drove off, hitting the officer, who shot at the driver, police say. It was unknown if the officer's gunfire hit the driver, according to St. Louis County Police. The van was found abandoned about 9 miles away in St. Louis shortly after the incident. The officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries including cuts to his hand and a "lower body injury" from when he was hit by the van, Sgt. Shawn McGuire said in a news release late Wednesday. The officer, a 20-year veteran with the department, remained at the hospital Wednesday night. The officer, who was off-duty and not in uniform, had been shopping about 6:15 p.m. at a Costco at 4200 Rusty Road when store employees alerted him to two suspects stealing merchandise, McGuire said. The store is in a South County shopping plaza near Interstate 55 and Interstate … [Read more...] about Off-duty officer shoots at fleeing driver who hit him with van, St. Louis County Police say