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Wealthier neighborhoods in St. Louis have armed themselves with private police, giving them a level of service poor areas can’t afford and fueling racial and economic disparities.
Wealthy St. Louis neighborhoods pay private policing companies — staffed by off-duty officers — to patrol their streets. Well-off residents get more services, while racial and economic divides deepen.