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Patrol

FBI Investigating Missouri Officer's Use of Stun Gun on Teen

The FBI said Monday it had launched an investigation into an incident that left a 17-year-old hospitalized after he was subdued by an Independence police officer with a stun gun.

September 16, 2014

Patrol

St. Louis County Police to Test Body Cameras

Several companies are lending free technology to police departments in hope of landing lucrative contracts in an industry that surged after a national outcry about the Ferguson police shooting. In St. Louis County, 188 police officers will be using cameras in the north and central county precincts, as well as in Jennings and Dellwood.

September 11, 2014

Technology

St. Louis Chief Seeks Body Cameras, Plans to Establish Deadly Force Investigation Unit

The department, Dotson said, will seek about $1 million from City Hall to outfit 900 officers with body cameras to record their interactions with civilians.

September 11, 2014

Patrol

Missouri Trooper Not Charged in Drowning

A special prosecutor said Monday that she wouldn't criminally charge the Missouri state trooper who handcuffed 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson before he drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks while being transported by boat.

September 9, 2014

Patrol

Video: Missouri Officer Survives Shot to His Gun Belt

A St. Louis County police officer survived after being shot in his gun belt by a fleeing suspect.

September 8, 2014

Patrol

Feds to Investigate Ferguson PD Over Civil Rights Allegations

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. this week will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department, according to two federal law enforcement officials.

September 4, 2014

Technology

Ferguson Police Begin Using Body-worn Cameras

Ferguson Police are now wearing 50 donated body camera, expecting to outfit all of their patrol officers.

September 1, 2014

Patrol

Missouri Police Sued for $40 Million Over Actions in Ferguson Protests

A group of people caught up in unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after a white officer killed a black teenager, sued local officials on Thursday, alleging civil rights violations through arrests and police assaults with rubber bullets and tear gas.

August 29, 2014

Patrol

Police Scale Back in Ferguson, But Issues Not Resolved

Police are scaling back their presence in Ferguson, Mo. But that doesn't mean their jobs are done.

August 28, 2014

Special Units

Video: Tactical Team in Ferguson Comes Under Fire, Responds with Tear Gas

The video, which was shot with a head-mounted GoPro camera capture an incident at about 2:45 a.m. when shots were fired by the demonstrators and officers responded with tear gas.

August 20, 2014

Special Units

Video: Officers Take "Heavy Gunfire" in Ferguson

Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said early Tuesday that 31 people were arrested, four police officers were injured by thrown rocks and bottles, at least two people were shot, and two fires were set during a night of clashes between police and protesters.

August 18, 2014

Patrol

Woman Calls St. Louis Radio Show with Officer's Side of Ferguson Shooting

According to the version on KFTK, phoned in by the woman who identified herself as "Josie" and said she was a friend of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson's significant other, the altercation began after Wilson rolled down his window to tell Brown and a friend to stop walking in the street.

August 18, 2014