ST. LOUIS 鈥 When city leaders recruited Police Chief Robert Tracy from Wilmington, Delaware, where he earned national recognition for bringing down gun crime, he became the first outsider to be hired as chief in the 最新杏吧原创 Metropolitan Police Department鈥檚 more than 200-year history.
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Gov. Mike Kehoe announces the appointees for the Board of Police Commissioners at a press conference on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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