Did you know that there's an office at 635 Woodland that collects reports from local police departments about suspicious activities in the metro area and analyzes them for terrorist threats? And that "suspicious activities" can include taking pictures of questionable aesthetic value, lurking around potential terrorist targets like power plants and oil refineries, or looking up subversive stuff on the 'net?
Amateur photographers who like staging photo shoots in the West Bottoms, you might wan
According to a Missouri fusion center, these kids might be terrorists.When Mike Ferguson got a late-night alert about a report linking the Libertarian Party to domestic terrorism he thought it was the work of an overzealous blogger with bad information and a penchant for conspiracy. An official publication distributed to Missouri law enforcement agencies associating his party's 2008 presidential candidate, Bob Barr, with violent extremists? Surely not.
Well, the leaked memo from a fusion center
Kris KobachLast year, officials from the Missouri State Highway Patrol received training from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that gave them the authority to conduct immigration investigations and detain undocumented migrants. Where do local cops get off executing immigration law? Well, in 1996 Congress passed a law with a provision called 287(g) that opened the door for county and state officials to take a class, sign an agreement and essentially become a local arm of ICE.
That progra
Chris KosterMissouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced Thursday that 373 sex offenders were recently purged from MySpace and their info shipped off to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Uh, you might be a couple of years late. I mean, who uses, MySpace anymore? Other than sex offenders.
"I will continue to aggressively pursue any avenue sex offenders use to
threaten the safety of our children," Koster said in a statement.
Psst. Everyone is on Facebook and Twitter now.
Nadia PflaumA photo of Dennis Hess displayed at his June 25 memorial at Bar 12​Denim & Diamonds owner Dennis Hess wasn't allowed to own a gun. Thirty-five years ago, Hess was convicted of selling drugs in Clay County, Missouri. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison on January 18, 1974, according to the results of a Missouri Highway Patrol background check. He served two years in prison and was released on probation on August 30, 1976. His punishment was complete on March 15, 1988, when th
