St. Louis County Police Department
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Oct 16, 2026
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
It's public safety.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
And the St. Louis County Police Department is a crown jewel, not just of the region, but of the state of Missouri.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
If you look at the accreditation statistics, if you look at all the many ways that departments are compared against peer departments, the St. Louis County Police Department is one of the very best in the state.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
And I think it's critically important that we preserve that.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
And it comes back to that budget stuff, right? Talk to somebody who lives in unincorporated St.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
Yeah, you're damn right they want their trash picked up and they'll come and yell at you real quick if they don't.
Jake ZimmermanGUEST
But if you really want to make them unhappy... cut back on their policing and then watch a firestorm brew.
Jason RosenbaumHOST
Now, before we go to break, and I'll ask this to both of you very quickly, when you talk about potential layoffs, would both of you try to make sure that the St. Louis County Police Department is immune from any layoffs if there's a budgetary crisis? I'll start with you, Assessor.
speaker_27SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I just wish that citizens would have, whoever was standing there would have been like, officer, let me help you.
speaker_26CORRESPONDENT
The St. Louis County Police Department is handling the investigation.
speaker_26CORRESPONDENT
Court documents describe the women also attempted to take the officer's gun.
FreebirdHOST
They got the whole video unblurred on Facebook.
Jonathan AulHOST
Juan Cox's experience growing up in East St. Louis drove him to take a few criminal justice classes in college.
Jonathan AulHOST
He found law enforcement appealing and joined the St. Louis County Police Department in 1995.
Jonathan AulHOST
Cox never intended to become the chief of the department and its 1,200 employees, but told St. Louis Public Radio's Rachel Lipman that every time he planned to retire, he got promoted.
Jonathan AulHOST
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Juan CoxSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
First thing went through my mind was, you know, it's really real now.
Juan CoxSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, you're not acting and you can go ahead and start implementing the plan.
Rachel LippmanCORRESPONDENT
What is your strategic plan for the St. Louis County Police Department?
Juan CoxSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The vision is to be one of the premier police departments in the nation.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
But again, none of this is possible without partnerships at the state and local level.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
And, you know, I got all credit is due to the brave men and women of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louis County Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, all those municipal police officers, our U.S.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
Marshals there in the St. Louis region and DEA certainly as well, all working together.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
It's the criminal justice system.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
But again, none of this is possible without partnerships at the state and local level.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
And, you know, I got all credit is due to the brave men and women of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louis County Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, all those municipal police officers, our U.S.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
Marshals there in the St. Louis region and DEA certainly as well, all working together.
Andrew BaileyGUEST
It's the criminal justice system.