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St. Louis City Police Headquarters Photo by Dawn Suggs / St. Louis American A 42-page report on the status of the St. Louis metro and county police departments consistently reiterated its employees think the agencies lack cohesion and unity — which has led to, in part, a fire-fighting mentality “in which they respond reactively to all calls for service in the absence of a clearly-articulated organizational plan.”  Mayor Lyda Krewson, Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards and Police Chief John Hayden announced the results of the six-month, ...

David Kovaluk / St. Louis Public Radio Originally published on December 16, 2020 9:26 am A draft of a new jobs plan for the St. Louis metropolitan area is drawing early criticism. Greater St. Louis Inc., an organization that officially will launch in January merging five economic development groups, released a draft of the STL 2030 Jobs Plan earlier this month for public comment. The organization will collect feedback until the end of January. The jobs plan, commissioned by Civic Progress, focuses heavily on a strategy to beef up the region’s core in an “inclusive” way that also...