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1 THEHONORABLE CHARLIEA. DOOLEY
During World War I, Americans were
County Executive
joining newly formed flying squadrons.
2 MR. ROBERTP. MCCULLOCH Acommander commissioned coins to
Prosecuting Attorney be struck of solid bronze and, in tribute
to his newfound brotherhood, he
3 COLONELPATRICKTWARDOWSKI, Chairman
presented one to each of his men.
St Louis County Board of Police Commissioners
4 COLONELJERRYLEE, Chief of Police Shortly after receiving a coin, a young pilot
St. Louis County Police Department was shot down and captured. As a prisoner of war he
was stripped of all American identification – save the
5 COMMANDSTAFFMEMBERS coin. The young airman later escaped his captors and
Photos and Assignments
found a French outpost. Unfortunately, without American
6 A50-Year History identification, the French believed him to be a saboteur
Accomplishments and Milestones and ordered his execution.
10 ORGANIZATIONALCHART Recalling the coin, the airman produced the unique piece
Assignments and Management Overview and showed it to the French. He relayed its symbolism
12 OFFICEOFTHECHIEFOFPOLICE regarding his brotherhood to the American flying squadron.
The French recognized the insignia on the coin and
Intelligence Unit
spared his life. He returned to his squadron with the
Municipal Services Unit
telling story.
14 DIVISIONOFPATROL
Major Tim E. Fitch, Commanding Officer The commander realized that, unknown to their enemies,
this coin would identify to our allies those in service of
TABLE OF 16 DIVISIONOFSPECIALOPERATIONS our country. He developed a challenge to be made by
CONTENTS Major Robert Trittler, Commanding Officer any squadron member to another, which provided a
18 DIVISIONOFCRIMINALINVESTIGATION reward to those who possessed the coin. The challenge
Major Ted Hylla, Commanding Officer served as a constant reminder to carry the coin and thus
saved countless lives and reaffirmed their brotherhood.
20 DIVISIONOFOPERATIONALSUPPORT
Major David Pudlowski, Commanding Officer With time, the challenge has evolved into a tradition.
22 PERFORMANCE MEASURES Police Departments across this country have adopted their
own unique challenge coin to signify the brotherhood
Statistical and Performance Reports
found within the police family.
24 REVENUES& BUDGETS
Goals and Objectives The St. Louis County Police Welfare Association has
26 PROFESSIONALISM commissioned a challenge coin for our police family.
The cover depicts our challenge coin and was chosen to
Service and Awards
represent the brotherhood of our police family as we
30 INTHELINEOFDUTY celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the St. Louis County
Never to Be Forgotten Police Department.
32 CALEA
Although the designers of the first coin have been lost to
Inside Back Cover ... history, we would like to give special thanks to Police
Officer Kevin Mueller of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
50 YEARSOFLEADERSHIP
Department and Police Officer Tim Rehagen of the
St. Louis County Police Department for designing our coin.
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MAJORTIMOTHYE. FITCH CAPTAINJONBELMAR CAPTAINDENNISELZE CAPTAINMARIONMONTELEONE CAPTAINJACKWEBB
Commanding Officer Commander Commander Commander Commander
Division of Patrol Affton Precinct North County Precinct MetroLink Unit Bureau of Criminal Identification
Division of Patrol Division of Patrol Division of Special Operations Division of Criminal Investigation
MAJORTEDHYLLA CAPTAINGEORGECORLESS CAPTAINKURTFRISZ CAPTAINJOHNROACH CAPTAINROBERTC. YOUNG
Commanding Officer Commander Commander Commander Commander
Division of Criminal Investigation West County Precinct Tactical Operations Unit Bureau of Staff Services Office of Emergency Management
Division of Patrol Division of Special Operations Division of Operational Support Division of Special Operations
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MAJORDAVIDT. PUDLOWSKI CAPTAINKENCOX CAPTAINKENGREGORY CAPTAINTERRYROBERDS LIEUTENANTGARYBERRA COMMAND STAFF
Commanding Officer Commander Director Commander Commander
Division of Operational Support Central County Precinct St. Louis County and South County Precinct Municipal Services Unit
Division of Patrol Municipal Police Academy Division of Patrol Office of the Chief of Police
Division of Operational Support
MAJORROBERTTRITTLER CAPTAINGARYL. CREWS CAPTAINTHOMASJACKSON CAPTAINFORRESTVANNESS LIEUTENANTCHUCKBOSCHERT
Commanding Officer Commander Commander Commander Commander
Division of Special Operations City of Wildwood Precinct Bureau of Drug Enforcement City of Fenton Precinct Intelligence Unit
Division of Patrol Division of Criminal Investigation Division of Patrol Office of the Chief of Police
St. Louis Countywas established political influence, each new law enforcement agency was
in a proclamation signed by employee declared an oath that established from the very beginning.
Governor William Clark in 1812. they would not participate in
By the end of the first five years,
The region grew with communities political activities, with the
the Department had experienced
rising up to feed the needs of exception of voting.
significant growth. Its personnel
those early travelers migrating
The Charter Amendment also roster had expanded from 95 to
west. Initially the population
permitted the Department to 119 commissioned officers and
remained centered near the area
negotiate contracts to provide from 18 to 25 civilian employees.
known now as the City of St. Louis.
police services to area Three divisions were created to
By the mid 1800's the City gained
municipalities. At the time, the better serve the community. Many
a new status and had separated
St. Louis County Police Department policies and procedures were
from the County.
was one of only two police developed covering all aspects
On June 30, 1955, at 1:00 PM former Deputy Sheriffs and Constables were
The responsibility for law sworn in by the Board of Police Commissioners. agencies in the United States that of the Department. The civilian
enforcement within St. Louis could enter into such contracts. Police Board evaluated and
fired missed the intended target, department, with the powers and
County was scattered between approved all policies.
wounding another patron of the duties of the Sheriff and Constables As with any new organization, the
the Sheriff’s Office and dozens of
club, who happened to be the transferred to the new agency. Police Department experienced The Department had its own fleet
Constables. In addition to being
some initial challenges. Municipal of vehicles, a system for radio
Chief Deputy Sheriff.
fragmented, the County’s law In response to the Commission’s
police departments were concerned communications and a filing
enforcement powers were In July 1953, the St. Louis County findings, the citizens of St. Louis
the County’s ultimate goal was to system for maintaining records.
politicized, subject at times to Council authorized the County County voted to create, develop
form a single police agency with North, South and West Patrol
the whims of a political patronage Supervisor (now the County and maintain a professional
powers and authority over the Districts were created which
system that encouraged favoritism, Executive) to appoint a citizens’ police agency. Acivilian review
entire County. Colonel Albert E. operatedfrom newly acquired
6 cronyism and other abuses. committee to “study the overall process managed by the Board
DuBois, the first Superintendent of rent-free facilities. Amobile
structure of law enforcement of Police Commissioners was
SERVING After WWII, many residents began therein and report to the Council established. Rules and regulations the Department,was considered command postwas acquired
ST. LOUIS calling for a reform to law its findings, including any were adopted to set forth the an outsider. Many local authorities from the Civil Defense Agency to
COUNTYFOR enforcement. It was not easy to recommendations such Department’s structure, positions, did not accept hisviews. DuBois enhance the Department’s ability
FIFTYYEARS change a system that had become Commission may choose to make salaries and policies. The resigned in 1956 andColonel to carry out its mission of serving
so firmly entrenched. However, Raymond W. Hensleywas and protectingthe citizen’s under
with reference to the improvement regulations included minimum
the catalyst that inspired change appointed as his successor. Colonel its jurisdiction. Training was
of law enforcement in St. Louis qualifications for employment
took place in June of 1953 at a Hensley served the residents of increased from a two-week
County and its incorporated as well as a merit system for
nightclub on Manchester Road. In the County until 1969. course to four weeks of academy
areas.” Thus, this group began the promotions.
that incident two Sheriff’s Deputies classroom training that was
The first Headquartersbuilding
the daunting task of reforming the
patronizing the club got into an On July 1, 1955, the St. Louis supplemented with additional
was located on North Meramec
County’s law enforcement system.
argument over the division of County Police Department was firearms and on-the-job training.
Street in Clayton. Although a less
reward money resulting from their On April 28, 1954, the officially established to serve and Three chaplains - one Protestant,
than ideal structure for housing
recovery of a hijacked liquor Commission recommended the protect the rights of all citizens one Catholic and one Jewish -
a police department, a
truck. The argument ended in a County Charter be amended to within St. Louis County. attended to the needs of the
well-organized, professional
shooting. The shots that were establish a countywide police Department’s personnel. AChief
In order to ensure the new
Surgeon was put in charge of the
Department remained free of
Department’s medical matters.
July 1,1955 - The St. Louis County Police Department was established 1955 - Colonel Albert E. DuBois was appointed as the 1956 - Three Police District (Precinct) Stations were established
with Police Headquarters located at 9 North Meramec first Superintendent of Police
During the decade of the 1960s, order to carry out their mission. In 1969, Colonel Robert J. diGrazia
the St. Louis County Police The Department also established was appointed as the new
Department went through a its first K-9 unit with the assignment Superintendent of the Department.
periodof unprecedented growth of three man/dog teams. The decade had concluded with
and change. the developmentof more programs
In 1961, the Department uniform
and services, improved training
The Department’s Headquarters changed to beige jackets and
for officers andtechnological
was moved to 227 South Central brown trousers. The female uniform
advances in both record keeping
Avenue. There was now ample was also introduced and consisted
and communications.
room for both commissioned and of a light brown jacket and dark
civilian personnel. skirt. The first fleet of brown patrol The 1970s was a decade of even
vehicles was delivered in 1962. greater change. The population
The Bureau of Communications
was growing and St. LouisCounty
was also modernized during the ASt. Louis County and Municipal The Department established its first K-9 unit with the assignment of
was becoming more urbanized.
1960s, with the Department’s single Training Academy was organized three man/dog teams in 1960.
One of the Department’s top
channel radio system growing in January of 1964, as a cooperative
priorities was to establish
into a two-channel system. The effort between the County and
near Interstate 44 and Antire Road. Department not only increased
permanent facilities for each of
old-fashioned tube-type radios, municipal police chiefs. Later that
The Bureau of Tactical Operations visibility but also enhanced the
its five precincts.
which frequently failed, were year, the Department entered the
was formed and trained toresolve safety of both the citizens and
replaced by more reliable, computer age with a new Central Colonel G.H. Kleinknecht was
and remove people from employees across the County.
modern transistor radios. Police Records system that appointed Superintendent of the
barricaded situations. Additional
In that same year, for the first
debutedelectronic data processing Department in 1973, and served
Twelve-man tactical squadrons duties included providing security
time in Department history, all
technology. In 1968, the training until 1990. Colonel Kleinknecht
were formed in each of the for dignitaries and participating
uniforms were issued by the
period for new officerswas remained committed to maintaining
Department’s three patrol districts. in special enforcement programs Department’s uniform supply 7
extended to six hundred hours. a progressive stance by acquiring
All officers participating in the throughout the County.
program. Prior to this the officers
The Department also became new equipment as well as keeping
tactical squadrons did so on a
The Bureau of Flight Operations were responsible for purchasing
one of the first in the nation to up with technological innovations.
strictly volunteer basis. Officers
was introduced to provide aerial and maintaining their own
includecollege credit hours as
received specialized training in The Bureau of Communications
support for groundunits and a equipment. The traditional female
part of the training program.
continued to grow by installing
rapid responseduring emergencies. uniform was replaced with
three additional channels, two
The availability of aerial assistance trousers, shirt and tie.
car-to-car channels and numerous
to the law enforcement community
In 1976, the first Annual Uniform
remote receivers. The Department’s
has greatly increased our
Day was organized and held at
records system also underwent
service capacity.
Police Headquarters. The following
significant improvements. By
The Department’s personal car year the police chaplains organized
the end of the decade police
program was introduced in 1975 the first Annual Prayer Breakfast.
records were fully automated
and later expanded to all precincts. This event proved to be a great
and computerized.
By allowing officers to take police success and comfort to colleagues
The Department’s firearms range
vehicles to their residences, the and the families of fallen officers.
was moved to its current location
The Department’s first uniform inspection held at Shaw Park.
1956 - Colonel Raymond W. Hensley appointed Superintendent of the Department 1957 - The St. Louis County Police Academy was established
in Jefferson Barracks. Each new officer received 160 hours
of training (4 weeks)
The Department also began was followed by a ten-week In the early 1990s came the The Department also initiated the
participation in the Law assignment with a Field Training appointment of Colonel Ronald Neighborhood Watch Program.
Enforcement Explorer Program Officer. Training was also improved A. Battelle as Superintendent of The Community Service Officer
which allows young men and for current officers. Each County Police. Colonel Battelle began worked with groupsof residents
women to explore career Officer was required to attend using the title of Chief of Police from neighborhoods who became
opportunities in the field of law specially designed in-service shortly after his appointment. the “eyes and ears” within their
enforcement by receiving training training classes as well as Chief Battelle was the first neighborhoods, helpingto reduce
and working with officers on patrol. professional firearms training Superintendent to be promoted crime. By 1993, the Department
and qualification. to this position from within the managed more than 450
At the end of the decade, the
ranks of the Department. neighborhood watch groups.
Board of Police Commissioners The Bureau of Communications
remained at the forefront of the was upgraded significantly with Realizingit was imperative, the ANeighborhood Policing philosophy
Department. The Superintendent the incorporation of the 911 Department adopted a far-reaching was instituted and patrol officers
of Police continued to report emergency telephone system, regional approach to crime issues. were assigned to a specific area
The Bureau of Communications received directly to the Board, however, automated call distributor and Chief Battelle set a new course so that they could better resolve
multi-channel transistorized radios replacing with the addition of the Division the Computer Aided Dispatch for the Department. He strived to problems within the community.
the old style tube-type models. of Auxiliary Services and the System. Officers, detectives and developbetter relationships with
The Department established an
Division of Administration, the supervisors alike also benefited all of the area’s law enforcement
Intelligence Unit, operating and
number of Divisions reporting from the development of our agencies in order to work together
reporting directly to the Chief’s
to the Superintendent increased Computer Assisted Report Entry to achieve a common goal: making
The Ride-Along program was Office. The function of the
from three to five. system. The CARE system is St. Louis County a safe and secure
instituted which allowed citizens Intelligence Unit was to investigate
a computer-based records place for all of its citizens.
to observe officersat work by In 1980, the Department organized crime and gather
management system, which made
accompanying them on patrol. celebrated its twenty-fifth The Department’s logo was information on events relevant to
8 the handling of massive numbers
Citizens gain valuable insight by anniversary. The growth and changed to reflect its primary law enforcement in the St. Louis
of reports more efficient. In 1988
SERVING interacting with the officers while development was far beyond the the Department received national mission, “To Serve and Protect.” Metropolitan Area as a whole.
ST. LOUIS on their daily patrol. expectations St. Louis County recognition from the Ford The Municipal Services Unit was The Combined Urban Fugitive
Government and the citizens of created to enhance the coordination
COUNTYFOR The Office of Civil Preparedness Foundation Harvard University’s Force (CUFF) was also organized
the County had foreseen. The and delivery of the Department’s
FIFTYYEARS was created to deal with disasters John F. Kennedy School of under the Intelligence Unit. The
Department’s manpower stood at services to local law enforcement
both natural and manmade. The Government’s highly respected unit was comprised of officers
562 commissioned officers and agencies, as well as identifying
Office of Civil Preparedness “Innovations in State and Local from St. Louis County, as well as
189 civilian employees. There areas in which the Department
provided tornado safety programs, Government Award”. officers from federal, county and
were five fully staffed precinct could expand services to the
civil preparedness training municipal police agencies. CUFF’s
stations. The County’s fleet, The Bureau of Identification also County’s municipalities.
programs, maintained a list of primary objective was to increase
which started out with 20 took advantage of new technology
emergency resources, coordinated Community Service Officers were the apprehension rate of persons
well-worn cars, had grown to 343 that improved the ability to collect,
the handling of disasters and assigned to each precinct, with who had been charged with
sedans and 25 vans and trucks. process and analyze crime scene
large scale emergencies, and the primary duty to make public felony crimes.
evidence. The computerization
maintained the County’s Training of the Department’s appearances at schools, businesses
of fingerprint files greatly increased
emergency warning system. newly appointed officers consisted and community organizations.
the Department’s ability to
of a sixteen-week academy, which
identifyperpetrators.
1959 - Alaska and Hawaii become our country’s 49th and 50th States 1959 - The Department received its first RADAR unit, which was used by the Traffic Bureau 1960 - The Department’s first canine unit was established
and the first polygraph examination was administered