ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI)- The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department along with the City of St. Louis will deploy additional resources to three north-west St. Louis neighborhoods starting Monday, February 2nd. The new areas to be policed are Hamilton Heights, Wells-Goodfellow and parts of the West End.
The city began its new hotspot initiative last week.
Residents in these areas can expect to see more uniformed and plain-clothes officers, as well as marked and unmarked vehicle patrols.
Chief Sam Dotson says arrests will be made to keep criminals off of the streets.
Chief Dotson says of the 54 guns stolen this year, nearly 40 have been stolen out of cars.# stl@fox2now pic.twitter.com/aPkRpzIIV3
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
Chief Dotson says so far this year 54 guns have been stolen in the city of St Louis.#stl@fox2now pic.twitter.com/lYP4GWjzUf
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
Mayor Slay says he is proud of officers and the job they are doing- says he is with the officers and supports them. pic.twitter.com/bRSdeClhjb
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
Mayor Slay now addressing officers who will be part of new hot-spot policing initiative in north city.#stl@fox2now pic.twitter.com/EN8XkHHeQ9
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
Dotson says last week's hot spot policing also netted 6 guns taken off street.#stl@fox2now pic.twitter.com/DdHzml2c2Y
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
Chief Dotson announcing newest hot-spot policing initiative in north city. Hot-spot last week netted 71 arrests.#stl pic.twitter.com/IlR6aoe0nS
— Chris Regnier (@chrisregniertv) February 2, 2015
