By Antonio D. French
Filed Wednesday, March 15 at 5:34 AM
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners will be meeting this morning at 8:30 a.m. They will start their meeting off by electing board officers.
Chief Joe Mokwa is scheduled to present meritorious service citations to the following officers: Ronald Hasty, Sean Mallon, Sean Wade, Larry Davis, David Koeller, John McClanahan, and Matthew Greco. Mokwa is also expected to request $75,000 from Asset Forfeiture funds to use for recruitment advertising.
UPDATE: Johnson Lancaster, from our sister site STLObserver.com, reports that Chris Goodson, a recent appointee of Gov. Matt Blunt to the St. Louis Board of Police Commisioners, is now the board's president as of a vote by the commisioners this morning.
It was the first meeting attended by another Blunt appointee (and former television news anchor) Julius K. Hunter, who was sworn in 30 minutes before the meeting started. Hunter was elected treasurer of the board. While Hunter abstained from voting, the other board members all voted for him.
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, an ex-officio member of the Board, nominated Goodson for president while JoAnn Freeman-Morrow nominated acting president Michael Quinn. Quinn called for the vote but was interruupted by Slay who pointed out that the nominations had not been seconded. Quinn said that was not neccessary and proceeded with voice vote. The final vote was three to one with Quinn abstaining, Goodson voting for himself along with Hunter and Slay. Freeman-Morrow voted for Quinn.
Freeman-Morrow was unanimously elected vice-president of the board and Quinn was elected the board's purchasing agent. There was no opposition to his election for the post and Quinn abstained from that vote as well.
UPDATE 2: Bill Bryan, of The Post-Dispatch is reporting that, "In a sudden, unexpected development, the St. Louis Police Board on Wednesday approved waiving the residency requirement for the department's 500 civilian employees. Those employees are now permitted to live wherever they choose, and are not confined to the city's boundaries."
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