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New oversight plan means closer scrutiny of St. Louis police

Activist John Chasnoff stands in front of St. Louis police headquarters on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Chasnoff is among those who have long advocated for better oversight of the city’s police department. On Aug. 3, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed into law an ordinance establishing a Division of Civilian Oversight. But three police officer associations are suing to stop the measure that they claim hinders due process for officers and conflicts with state law. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

FILE - St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones addresses the press after touring the both St. Louis jails, on Saturday, April 24, 2021, outside the Medium Security Institution, known as the City Workhouse. On Aug. 3, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed into law an ordinance establishing a Division of Civilian Oversight. But three police officer associations are suing to stop the measure that they claim hinders due process for officers and conflicts with state law. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

FILE - LaShell Eikerenkoetter chants, on a megaphone protesting the recent acquittal of a white former police officer, Jason Stockley, in the killing of a black man, Anthony Lamar Smith, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 in St. Charles, Mo. On Aug. 3, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed into law an ordinance establishing a Division of Civilian Oversight. But three police officer associations are suing to stop the measure that they claim hinders due process for officers and conflicts with state law. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

New oversight plan means closer scrutiny of St. Louis police