St. Charles County Voters Will Decide Future of Sheriff's Department
Voters will consider the County Charter Question on Law Enforcement which would create a separate St. Charles County police department and a Police Chief who would not be elected.
St. Charles County voters will decide whether to establish a county police department which would be responsible for law enforcement duties in the county. Under the proposal, the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department would remain in charge of court services, prisoner transport, process serving. The elected sheriff would remain in charge of these departments. About 180 sheriff's employees would move over to the new police department when it's created in 2015, according to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Those employees would be overseen by a new county police chief. Sheriff Tom Neer said his main purpose in suggesting the change is to ensure a qualified person is running law enforcement in St. Charles County. The appointed …
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Dino McDonnell
5:29 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Bret, the only stake I have was to vote and put a better police department on the streets of the county of St. Charles and not let some yahoo become the chief because of a political position. You are going to have to live with this decision by the majority St. Charles county. more ›