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St. Louis Police Headquarters Opened Two Years Ago Today

July 19, 2016 Crime, Downtown, Featured 2 Comments

On Saturday July 19, 2014 — two years ago today —  the St. Louis Metropolitan Police showed off their new headquarters on Olive between 19th (which they had closed) and 20th

Saturday morning before the ribbon cutting
Saturday morning before the ribbon cutting
The open house began while the festivities were still going on outside. We started at the top, 7th floor, and worked our way down floor by floor.
The open house began while the festivities were still going on outside. We started at the top, 7th floor, and worked our way down floor by floor.

The building isn’t new construction, it was previously an office building.  On the day of the police headquarters open house they had some vehicles out front.

A vintage police vehicle
A vintage police vehicle
And what appears to be a former military vehicle
And what appears to be a former military vehicle

Nobody questioned the military vehicle out front, but three weeks later Michael Brown was shot &  killed in Ferguson. Many others have been shot by police in the last two years.

Recent shootings of black men in Baton Rouge & St. Paul, followed by the shooting of police officers in Dallas, Ballwin, and Baton Rouge, demonstrate we still have considerable work to do.

— Steve Patterson

 

 

Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. Mark-AL says:

    Any interest in or action on the old police station on Clark Street?

     

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