Wentzville Police Debut New Drug Drop-off Box

 Posted on December 15, 2010  |  The Editor

Have some extra drugs you don’t need? Swing them by the Wentzville Police Department if you don’t want them. They have a drop box for that now. Time until 4 highschool kids beat the hell out of this thing with a bat to get at the expired woman’s fertility drugs inside? 6 hours. Removing expired or unused drugs from home medicine cabinets will help in combating prescription drug abuse, especially by adolescents, according to a release from the city. [Read More]
drugs  Health  police  wentzville 

St. Louis City is About to Get $10 Million Dollars More Crappy

 Posted on November 17, 2010  |  The Editor

With the city looking at a roughly $10 Million dollar deficit this year, it’s plans are to ask all departments to cough up some money. Sure maybe spend a little less on the constant road work, but not the police right? This city is already a freaking joke with violent crimes and theft, they wouldn’t be dumb enough to try and take money away from the thing that can fix the #1 issue with this city…would they? [Read More]
budget  fire department  police 

Cop Arrested, Then Fired After Molestation Charges

 Posted on September 24, 2010  |  The Editor

KMOV has been reporting on the story of Dan Peterson, a Berkeley police officer being accused of molesting a 15-year old girl. It’s not looking good for Peterson either since his own department found enough evidence to prompt an arrest and nearly immediate firing. Thursday [Dan Peterson] was released from jail until prosecutors review the case. Peterson’s former chief tells News 4’s Maggie Crane why he fired him. Berkeley police say one of their own crossed the line. [Read More]
berkeley  molester  police 

Mayor Slay Says Police Are Liars When Reporting Crime Data

 Posted on September 21, 2010  |  The Editor

If you felt a little extra safe in your cozy bed last night its a freaking miracle because this town has so much crime you can’t be in a balloon race without getting your car jacked, and now the Mayor is calling out the Police publicly because he believes the crime is even higher than the cops say it is. Someone in Detroit that just got stabbed fell down and is bleeding on a copy of USA Today, started reading about this bullshit and is laughing at all of this right now. [Read More]
crime data  francis slay  mayor  police 

Police Chase in Loop Ends Badly

 Posted on September 7, 2010  |  The Editor

Reports are there was a police chase that ended on the west side of the Delmar Loop with a street-closing accident. One person in a stretcher, one car smashed (possible the chased) and one Police cruiser lodged under a bus.

Go have lunch as Cicero’s and watch them clean it all up!

accident  chase  delmar loop  police 

News to Only White People: Black Guys Get Pulled Over a Lot

 Posted on June 4, 2010  |  The Editor

Hey guess what 2010, you’re not really all that advanced and progressive as Twitter would have you believe. Black guys are still getting pulled over at an alarmingly higher rate. The first report, issued in 2001, said black motorists in Missouri were 30 percent more likely than whites to be pulled over, when considering total populations of driving-age residents by race. For 2009, the year that Koster reported upon today, blacks were 62 percent more likely than whites to be stopped. [Read More]
driving  police  race  social issues 

Cops Nab 45 Car Thieves After Starting New Program

 Posted on June 3, 2010  |  The Editor

St. Louis’ finest has struck a big blow against our city’s horrible car theft problem with a new program, netting nearly 50 criminals in just one week. The new program is called “Actually Trying” Thieves are becoming more sophisticated and more organized when it comes to what police call ‘car clouting,’ according to authorities. To fight back, a special patrol of officers is working the central corridor of the city from downtown to the Central West End. [Read More]
carjacking  police  theft 

St. Louis County Cops Get Tasers, Still Just Cheaper to Shoot You

 Posted on April 9, 2010  |  The Editor

By the start of May, every single County cops will be rocking a Taser. Get ready for a whole lot of great “Don’t Tase Me Bro” videos from the Lou! A federal grant allowed the Police Department to buy an additional 300 of the devices, which deploy electrically charged barbs that temporarily paralyze a person. In all, about 600 officers will be equipped with the $1,000 Tasers. Holy crap dude. $1000 dollars for a Taser? [Read More]
cops  police  taser 

St. Louis Police Accidentally Catch Thieves and Manage Not to Shoot Any of Them

 Posted on April 1, 2010  |  The Editor

We loved this little note from the Globe Democrat last night: St. Louis Metropolitan police said officers may have stopped several suspects from stealing a vehicle at Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Jefferson Avenue Tuesday night. Hey, well allright! Really nice work. Of course there were apparently “several” people stealing a single car so that had to stand out some way right. I mean if you see 5 people wailing away on a car, you think, as an officer of the law, you might say “Hey, why are you doing that? [Read More]
car jacking  police  shooting 

Police Confused as to Why Stupid Prisoner Hanged Herself

 Posted on March 18, 2010  |  The Editor

The Globe Democrat reports that a St. Louis Metro Police prisoner decided to end it all while the cops were at lunch or something recently. The 32-year-old woman was taken into custody around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the 5400 block of Southwest Avenue for an outstanding bench warrants. She was taken to the south patrol area station where she was being held. Around 3:00 p.m., the victim was found hanging in the holding cell. [Read More]
hanging  morons  police  suicide