Service, Integrity, Leadership and Fair Treatment To All

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department traces its roots in public service to the 1800s, and we are proud to serve our neighborhoods! We invite you to view our history.


Tornado Recovery

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


Welcome to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

We are proud to protect and serve the City of St. Louis! We invite you to learn more about our efforts to make our city safer, and to learn about resources available to our community.


Real-Time Crime Center

The RTCC is mission critical to the SLMPD, and with the ongoing support of the St. Louis Police Foundation, serves as a real-time intelligence asset for law enforcement in the region.


Proven Strategies for a Safer St. Louis

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is committed to excellence, and we have embraced a range of proven crime-reduction strategies to make our city safer.


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?


Service, Integrity, Leadership and Fair Treatment To All

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department traces its roots in public service to the 1800s, and we are proud to serve our neighborhoods! We invite you to view our history.


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 Tracy

On behalf of the dedicated employees of the Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis, 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

SLMPD Officer Thomas Bossch Receives TOP COPS Honorable Mention Award

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is proud to announce that Officer Thomas Bossch received an Honorable Mention in the prestigious National TOP COPS Awards®, presented annually by the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO).  Since 1994, the TOP COPS Awards® have recognized law enforcement officers…

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We are asking for your help as we continue to investigate the 2015 murder of Whitney Brown. Visit www.SLMPD.org to learn more about this case, and others, and see how you can help. ... See MoreSee Less

We are asking for your help as we continue to investigate the 2015 murder of Whitney Brown. Visit www.SLMPD.org to learn more about this case, and others, and see how you can help.

Just after midnight, officers were called to the 6500 block of Manchester for vehicles being driven dangerously. Mobile Reserve officers along with the Anti-Crime Task Force, SWAT and Drug Enforcement & Intervention responded and located numerous vehicles performing stunts on a parking lot.

Officers activated their lights and siren when the vehicles started to flee and were observed speeding
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Just after midnight, officers were called to the 6500 block of Manchester for vehicles being driven dangerously. Mobile Reserve officers along with the Anti-Crime Task Force, SWAT and Drug Enforcement & Intervention responded and located numerous vehicles performing stunts on a parking lot. 

Officers activated their lights and siren when the vehicles started to flee and were observed speeding across the parking lot in multiple directions. While actively evading law enforcement, between 40-50 fleeing vehicles were spiked.

This reckless behavior has no place in St. Louis.
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