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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s annual ceremony to observe National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (April 18-24) is back this year. The event will be held on April 22, 2021 at noon on the South Steps of the Capitol to allow for social distancing. The state of Missouri was unable to hold its traditional ceremony last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year, the Department of Public Safety is calling attention to Missouri’s new program to protect victims and witnesses of violent crime an...

Four years later, he was elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democrat representing his hometown district.  Williams, now 37, recalls times of being pulled over for “just driving while black.”  “I was handcuffed on the sidewalk, and my constitutional rights were violated,” he said. “That was business as usual growing up in Ferguson, in North County.” His experiences, Williams said, aren’t unique. “That’s what motivates me today to not only fight for police accountability,” ...

Missouri takes steps toward tightening accountability for law enforcement By Rebecca Rivas Four years later, he was elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democrat representing his hometown district.  Williams, now 37, recalls times of being pulled over for “just driving while black.”  “I was handcuffed on the sidewalk, and my constitutional rights were violated,” he said. “That was business as usual growing up in Ferguson, in North County.” His experiences, Williams said, aren’t u...

State of the State address comes amid COVID-19 concerns in capitol, increased vaccines across Missouri JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Governor Mike Parson began the annual State of the State address by touting Missouris success in fighting COVID-19, but some were opposed to even having the address in person. Just hours before the 3 p.m. address, the venue was changed from the House Chambers to the Senate Chambers across the capitol. The governors office said the change came from a last-minute decis...

New director named for Mo. State Emergency Management Agency James W. Remillard was named the new director of the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. (Source: Missouri Governor Mike Parson/Facebook) By Amber Ruch | December 24, 2020 at 7:23 AM CST - Updated December 24 at 7:23 AM JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - A new director was named for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency. Department of Public Safety Director Sandy Karsten named James W. Remillard as director, effectiv...

James W. Remillard as Director of the State Emergency Management Agency, effective immediately. Remillard, who has more than 30 years of law enforcement and emergency management experience, has been serving as SEMA Acting Director since April 1, 2020. Prior to that he was SEMA Deputy Director. “As Missouri has faced an unprecedented public health and emergency management crisis in 2020, Jim Remillard’s vast experience, strong leadership, and calm demeanor have been essential to both SEMA�...

Office of the Missouri Governor Originally published on December 16, 2020 5:37 pm Missouri will soon have the country’s first police academy based at a historically Black university. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson and his public safety director, Sandy Karsten, signed a one-year license for the law enforcement basic training center at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. “What Im hoping is to create a (diverse) pool of law enforcement officers out of our program, to help diversify some o...

Office of the Missouri Governor Missouri will soon have the country’s first police academy based at a historically Black university. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson and his public safety director, Sandy Karsten, signed a one-year license for the law enforcement basic training center at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. “What Im hoping is to create a (diverse) pool of law enforcement officers out of our program, to help diversify some of the agencies that we have in the surrounding area...

Lincoln University law enforcement academy approved By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Lincoln University in Jefferson City has received a one-year probationary license for a law enforcement training academy, which supporters say is the first such academy in the country at an historically Black university. Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri Department of Public Safety Director Sandy Karsten signed the license during a ceremony Tuesday at the university, The Jefferson City News-Tribune r...

Missouri law enforcement academies will be required to begin educating all law enforcement recruits in the history of policing in minority communities in the U.S. The two-hour block of instruction would cover policing from the founding of the nation through the present. The measure was unanimously approved by the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission on Tuesday, December 15. “I believe providing this training in the history of policing for Missouri officers can help create a ...