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Webster Groves police chief reviews 2024, outlines community programs and staffing plans
Summary
Police Chief Pete Aceves briefed the Board on 2024 operations, highlighting traffic enforcement, hiring gains, CALEA reaccreditation and new community-engagement initiatives including school mentoring and a bike team.
Police Chief Pete Aceves told the Board of Aldermen on Feb. 18 that 2024 was “a year of change” for the Webster Groves Police Department and outlined priorities for 2025, including continued traffic enforcement, expanded community engagement and a push to formalize a community-policing program.
Aceves said the department hired 10 officers in 2024 and was close to the authorized staffing level after earlier vacancies. He reported 23,763 calls for service in 2024 and said department contacts with residents topped 30,000, with a single citizen complaint recorded last year. “We had 23,763 calls for service,” Aceves said, and added that the low number of complaints reflected efforts to emphasize customer service and accountability.
The chief described traffic as a major focus. The department is assigning…
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