re: #29 wrenchwench

I wonder what the reorganization was in response to. Here’s what I found so far:

Emphasis added.

By 1954, public indignation over the inability of the Sheriff’s Office to provide law enforcement service prompted a citizens committee, along with the St. Louis County Bar Association, to recommend the creation of the St. Louis County Police Department through Charter amendment. The Department was to have authority to enforce State Laws throughout the County; to enforce County ordinances in the unincorporated areas; and to contract with municipalities for some or all police services.

Source.

There is also this article which I am looking through now.