St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Journalists at St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project partnered on a 5-part investigation breaking down homicide clearance rates in St. Louis.

A St. Louis judge has awarded more than $23 million to Luther Hall, a Black former undercover St. Louis police officer who was beaten by police during protests of the Jason Stockley verdict in 2017.

The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, would place control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under a board consisting of governor-appointed members and the mayor of St. Louis.

With a high violent crime rate and claims of inequitable policing in St. Louis, local leaders are questioning the $100,000 per year Chief Robert Tracy receives from local business owners. “Can the criminals get together and pay the chief?” asked one alderwoman.

Car thefts have plagued the city of St. Louis for years, but like homicides and overall crime rates, those numbers appear to be dropping too.

The audit found problems in all 50 of the unit’s investigations of shootings between 2014 and 2018.

Johnson had long maintained he did not shoot and kill Marcus Boyd in 1994. A judge ruled last year that “clear and convincing” evidence showed Johnson was innocent and freed him after 28 years.

Milestones include establishing the city’s first Office of Violence Prevention and hiring Police Chief Robert Tracy, whose one-year anniversary was marked on Tuesday.

Homicides dropped by 21% between 2022 and 2023, and juvenile shootings were nearly cut in half last year. City leaders attribute the decline to various police efforts, but crime experts say there's more to consider — including COVID and national trends.

The iPads were used solely to check in voters and contained only public information like names and addresses. Elections officials say they have made it more difficult to access the warehouse space after the theft.