St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Metropolitan Police Department, St Louis
Common name	St Louis Police Department
Abbreviation	SLMPD
Flag of the Metropolitan Police Department, St Louis
Motto	Service, Integrity, Leadership, and Fair Treatment to All Service moris Ductu et aequi Omnibus (Latin)
Agency overview
Formed	1846
Employees	2,250 Full-Time (2016)
Annual budget	$127,740,004 mil. USD [FY 2016]
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of St. Louis in the state of Missouri, United States
Size	65.98 sq mi (170.9 km2)
Population	319,294 (2016)
Legal jurisdiction	St. Louis, Missouri
Governing body	City of St. Louis
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	1915 Olive Ave. St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Police Officers	1,319
Corrections and Civilians	548
Elected officers responsible	Francis G. Slay, Mayor of St. Louis Richard Gray, Public Safety Director
Agency executives	Colonel Doyle Sam Dotson III, Police Commissioner Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence O'Toole Sr, Assistant Chief
Parent agency	City of St. Louis
Divisions	22 Anti-Crime Airport Police Aviation Bomb & Arson Canine Child Abuse Domestic Abuse Response Team Emergency Management Fraud/Cyber Crimes Gang Detective Homicide Detective Juvenile SWAT Mounted Patrol Narcotics Public Transportation Sex Crimes Traffic Safety Violent Offenders Warrant & Fugitive Mayoral Details Tactical Operations Division
Bureaus	5 Enforcement Community Affairs Operations Office of the Police Commissioner
Facilities
Areas	3 South Patrol Central Patrol North Patrol
Justice Centers	City Justice Center 200 S.Tucker Blvd.St.Louis Missouri
Marked and Unmarkeds	Chevrolet Tahoes, Chevrolet Impalas and Harley-Davidson Police Motorcycles
Police Boats	4
Helicopters	3
Planes	4
Horses	6
Canine Units	12 German Shepherds
Notables Anniversary August 7, 1846
Website
St. Louis Police Department official website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. Note:

The Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for serving City of St. Louis in the U.S. state of Missouri. The department is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The current Police Commissioner is Colonel Doyle Sam Dotson III, who was named to the position on December 14, 2012. The Metropolitan Police Department is a division of the St. Louis Department of Public Safety. Metropolitan Police Department is the Second largest City Police agency in Missouri, based on number of employees, city population, and geographic area served..

The Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis is headed by Police Commissioner Sam Dotson. The MPD's organization consists of the Office of the Police Commissioner and Five bureaus. These include:

Each bureau is headed by an Lieutenant Colonel & Deputy Commander.

The SLMPD uses the following ranks, as dictated by State Statute.

The structure of the Senior Command staff of The Police is:

The Homicide Detectives of SLMPD featured in A&E's reality series The First 48.

The SLMPD utilizes a variety of vehicles, including the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI), the Dodge Charger, the Dodge RAM 1500 and 2500 series, the Chevrolet Tahoe, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2500 series, the Chevrolet Impala 9C1, the Chevrolet Caprice, the Ford Interceptor (Taurus), the Ford Explorer, and the Ford F-150 and F-250. Both regularly marked and slicktop vehicles are used frequently. Each officer is issued the Beretta 92D 9mm handgun which has been standard issue since 1992.

From April 28, 1836, to Apr 13, 2016, the Officer Down Memorial Page reported that 170 officers in the St. Louis Police Department died in the line of duty, 93 of them from gunfire, 38 from automobile-related incidents, and three from heart attacks. Many families of those killed in the line of duty get support from BackStoppers, a local charity.