Readers: City & County Police Should Merge
I thought more people would respond to the recent non-scientific Sunday Poll on merging the City & County police departments.
Q: Agree or disagree: The police departments for the city & county should merge.
- Strongly agree: 6 [33.33%]
- Agree: 4 [22.22%]
- Somewhat agree: 2 [11.11%]
- Neither agree or disagree: 1 [5.56%]
- Somewhat disagree: 3 [16.67%]
- Disagree: 1 [5.56%]
- Strongly disagree: 1 [5.56%]
- Unsure/No Answer: 0 [0%]
I agree with the criticism of this plan — leaving 53 tiny unaccredited police departments in St. Louis County would be a mistake. I’m a huge fan of major consolidation, reorganization of the region, so it makes sense that I favor a more ambitious approach. That said, I don’t trust Rex Sinquefield or others in pushing for a merger plan.
I just can’t help but think it’ll be more self-serving than good for everyone in the region.
— Steve Patterson