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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

DELLWOOD • Officers from the North County Police Cooperative converged on this community of about 5,000 residents Wednesday to knock on doors in the latest community to join its jurisdiction, abandoning its ties to the St. Louis County police.As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the police cooperative is patrolling the one-square-mile community after about six years of St. Louis County police coverage.Mayor Reggie Jones said the decision was strictly financial, with the city saving about $500,000 with the change. The council voted unanimously in favor of the change Monday.Dellwood disbanded its police department about six years ago to contract with the county, which assigned 12 officers and a sergeant to the community. The new department is pledging 11 officers, one detective and a captain, Jones said.“This is going to be closest thing to having our own department again,” he said. “They’re committed to responding to the requests and demands of the community.”A … [Read more...] about Dellwood cites cost in decision to replace St. Louis County police with North County Police Cooperative

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