Welcome to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

Learn about our comprehensive public safety strategy and our shared effort to make our city safer!


Service, Integrity, Leadership and Fair Treatment To All

We are committed to excellence in law enforcement and dedicated to serving our residents and those visiting St. Louis.


Ready to Serve?

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is building the next class of recruits. Think you have what it takes to serve in the region’s premier law enforcement agency?


Tornado Recovery

Updates on response and recovery resources after the May 2025 tornado that impacted the City of St. Louis.

Highlights

SLMPD Aviation Unit

Public Safety Strategy

Click to read about our layered, proven crime prevention strategies helping to enhance public safety in St. Louis.

Crime Mapping and Data

Click to review our weekly CompStat report, crime data and other incidents in your neighborhood.

SLMPD In the Community

In the Community

Community policing and engagement is at the heart of our service to St. Louis. Click to learn more about our initiatives.

Police Academy

Join SLMPD

We are always working to recruit future St. Louis police officers! Learn more about career opportunities and apply today.

Highlights

Comprehensive Public
Safety Strategy

Click here to read about our layered, proven crime prevention strategies helping to enhance public safety in St. Louis

Crime
Data

Click here to review crime data and reports, and learn about incidents in your neighborhood

In the
Community

Community policing and engagement is at the heart of our service to St. Louis. Click here to learn more about our initiatives.

Join SLMPD

We are always working to recruit future St. Louis police officers! Learn more about career opportunities and apply today.

Welcome From
Commissioner Robert J. Tracy

On behalf of the dedicated employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our website. I hope you find it informative and helpful in getting to know more about our department, our employees and the services we provide.

Our department is dedicated to diversity and inclusion. We strive to create a department that is representative of our unique and diverse city.

News & Information

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Please remember to check-in on your neighbors.As temperatures are likely to hit 25°F overnight, the City of St. Louis Code Blue is moving to activation level 3, bringing the number of emergency shelter beds available to 335, in addition to 400 year-round shelter beds.

Level 3 activation also means transportation to shelter will be available from rally points around the city.

Sunday night, when the low is expected to be above 25°F but below 32°F, Code Blue will be at activation level 2, meaning 150 emergency shelter beds will be available and transportation will be suspended.

For Saturday, walk-up shelter is available at the following locations:

North City:
Peter & Paul - Jugan Shelter (single men, single women, and family rooms)
3225 N. Florissant Ave.

Central City:
Biddle Housing Opportunities Center (single men only)
1212 N. 13th St.

South City:
Peter & Paul - Sidney Shelter(single men, single women)
112 Sidney St.

Walk-ups are welcome from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. After 9 p.m., individuals seeking shelter must contact the United Way 211 Helpline by dialing 211.

Additional locations, including space for families, are available by appointment coordinated through the United Way 211 Helpline or by speaking with a coordinator at a rally point. If a walk-up shelter reaches capacity, transportation will be provided to another shelter with sufficient capacity.

Those seeking transportation to shelters can get picked up between 5 and 7 p.m. at the following rally point locations:

North City:
Urban League Women's Business Center
4401 Natural Bridge Ave.

Central City:
Centenary United Methodist Church
1610 Olive St. (use the Pine Street entrance).

South City:
Loughborough Commons Parking Lot
1020 Loughborough Ave. (between Schnucks and Lowe’s)

Each rally point has either a warming bus or an indoor warming facility available, in addition to a Metro Call-A-Ride shuttle that transports individuals to shelter. Each shuttle is staffed with both a driver and an outreach worker.

If alternative transportation is required, contact the United Way 211 Helpline by dialing 211.
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Excellent work by SWAT and the Detective Bureau!

While executing a search warrant at two residences in the 8900 block of Edna Street, three handguns, an AR-style rifle and ammunition were seized and taken off the streets. Three suspects were taken into custody on numerous warrants.
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Excellent work by SWAT and the Detective Bureau!  

While executing a search warrant at two residences in the 8900 block of Edna Street, three handguns, an AR-style rifle and ammunition were seized and taken off the streets.  Three suspects were taken into custody on numerous warrants.
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