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A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement for an undisclosed sum in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Michael Brown over his 2014 fatal shooting by a Ferguson Police officer.
Read More →The family of Michael Brown, the city of Ferguson, former Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and former police Officer Darren Wilson are nearing settlement of a lawsuit over Brown’s 2014 fatal shooting by Wilson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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According to Attorney General Josh Hawley, Terry Lemons told donors that he was raising money for a memorial to honor fallen enforcement officers.
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Police union officials say St. Louis is facing a police staffing crisis. Currently, there are 1,196 sworn officers in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. But Jeff Roorda, business manager of the St. Louis Police Officers Association, believes that number is actually closer to 1,000 or 1,100 when considering military, maternity or sick leave.
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In December 2014 Officer Jacob Baldwin pulled over a green Honda Accord driven by Omar Maria for a vehicle registration violation. Maria jumped out of the vehicle and fired several shots from a semiautomatic handgun toward the windshield of Baldwin’s police car before Baldwin could get out, prosecutors said.
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An Independence, MO, police officer who was shot in the head March 29 as he responded to a burglary call is reportedly making a remarkable recovery.
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Independence, MO, Police Officer Tom Wagstaff, who was shot in the head while responding to a home robbery, remained in critical condition but has shown signs of a slow recovery, according to Police Chief Brad Halsey.
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Four men were charged after a confrontation Wednesday that injured Officer Thomas Wagstaff, 42, a 15-year veteran of the Independence, MO, Police Department. Wagstaff underwent surgery and remained in critical condition Thursday.
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An Independence, MO, police officer was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being shot while responding to a burglary call Wednesday morning.
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With burnout a constant, emergency communications centers throughout the Kansas City metro area are struggling with shortages of dispatchers so routine that agencies are virtually never fully staffed.
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