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Search results for "St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department" ...
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Police Towing Scandal
Police officers were found to be using cars seized by the police department, the scandal led to the retirement of the Police Chief.
Tags: Department of Motor Vehicles; S & H Towing; St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department;
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Asset Forfeiture Collection
This series examines the use and abuses of criminal and civil asset forfeiture that includes articles on Southern California motor cycle gangs, St. Louis policemen and pimps.
Tags: gangs; Hell's Angels; Mongols Motorcycle Club; property; Metropolitan Police Department
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St. Louis Towing Scandal
This is a series of pieces Mahr, Hunn and Kohler wrote looking into the relationship between the St. Louis Police Department and a private tow lot, St. Louis Metropolitan Towing. The lot illegally kept and sold several cars that police impounded during investigations. The lot also lent and sold several cars to the St. Louis police chief's daughter. The series includes short personal stories about people whose cars were taken by the lot.
Tags: towing; police corruption; private contracts; public-private partnership; Joe Mokwa; sweetheart deals