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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This past Sunday, District 4 officers received a call for a burglary at a St. Louis Place liquor store. A detective in an umarked police car arrived on scene and established surveillance until marked police cars could arrive. The detective observed several suspects unloading multiple cases of alcoholic beverages from the liquor store, into a pick-up truck and then leave the scene.

The detective followed the suspects to a nearby house, where officers were able to take one suspect into custody and recover the pictured stolen items. Two additional suspects made good their escape, but the investigation remains ongoing.
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This past Sunday, District 4 officers received a call for a burglary at a St. Louis Place liquor store. A detective in an umarked police car arrived on scene and established surveillance until marked police cars could arrive. The detective observed several suspects unloading multiple cases of alcoholic beverages from the liquor store, into a pick-up truck and then leave the scene. 

The detective followed the suspects to a nearby house, where officers were able to take one suspect into custody and recover the pictured stolen items. Two additional suspects made good their escape, but the investigation remains ongoing.

Our Missing Person's Unit is requesting your assistance locating 60-year-old John Rieves. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911, (314) 444-5301 or (314) 444-5738. ... See MoreSee Less

Our Missing Persons Unit is requesting your assistance locating 60-year-old John Rieves. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911, (314) 444-5301 or (314) 444-5738.
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