Welcome to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

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


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


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.

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.

Careers

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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Recognize these suspects? They’re wanted for assaulting an 18-year-old female on a Metro bus on 1.6.26. All five suspects fled from the scene after the incident. slmpd.org/photos-suspects-sought-for-january-assault-on-metro-bus/

If you have a tip, call St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477). #STL
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Recognize these suspects? They’re wanted for assaulting an 18-year-old female on a Metro bus on 1.6.26. All five suspects fled from the scene after the incident. https://slmpd.org/photos-suspects-sought-for-january-assault-on-metro-bus/

If you have a tip, call St. Louis Regional CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477). #STLImage attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

Around 8 p.m. tonight, District 5 officers were called to the 5700 block of Waterman for a report of a male suspect threatening a woman with a gun at a residence. As officers arrived, they located the suspect and woman arguing on a porch.

At that point, the suspect shot the woman in front of the officers, which led to an exchange of gunfire with one of the responding officers. The suspect was struck. The officer was not injured.

The suspect’s gun was recovered.
The suspect and woman were transported to a hospital. The woman has died. The suspect is in critical and unstable condition. Force Investigation Detectives are handling the ongoing investigation. #SLMPD
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Around 8 p.m. tonight, District 5 officers were called to the 5700 block of Waterman for a report of a male suspect threatening a woman with a gun at a residence. As officers arrived, they located the suspect and woman arguing on a porch.

At that point, the suspect shot the woman in front of the officers, which led to an exchange of gunfire with one of the responding officers. The suspect was struck. The officer was not injured.

The suspect’s gun was recovered. 
The suspect and woman were transported to a hospital. The woman has died. The suspect is in critical and unstable condition. Force Investigation Detectives are handling the ongoing investigation. #SLMPD
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