Public Safety Department

Building Division
The Building Division enforces the City building code, issues building permits, conducts building inspections, demolishes vacant buildings, and enforces zoning ordinances.

City Emergency Management Agency (CEMA)
The City of St. Louis Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), a division of the Department of Public Safety, maintains an ongoing program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery

Civilian Oversight Board (COB)
The Board's function is to review and investigate citizen complaints against alleged misconduct of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Division of Corrections
Information and links concerning the City Justice Center and the Medium Security Institution

Excise Division
A division of the Department of Public Safety that oversees all liquor licenses in the City of St. Louis also known as City Liquor Control

Fire Department
Established on Sept. 14, 1857, the St. Louis Fire Department is the second oldest career Fire Department in the United States

Neighborhood Stabilization Team
Neighborhood Stabilization Team for the City of St. Louis home page

Office of Special Events
Information about what you need to do in order to apply for a Special Event Permit, rent the City Hall Rotunda, and other helpful information involving event planning.

Police Division
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Division (SLMPD) serves the City of St. Louis. This page is provided as a courtesy service to direct visitors to the Official SLMPD website.

• Downtown Engagement and Public Safety Initiative, Business and Community Leaders Outline Progress at Start of New Year
  DEPSI hosted its weekly update recapping Downtown events and provided a progress report on the work of the initiative since its Sept 2021 inception
  Press release | Office of the Mayor,Department of Public Safety | 01/10/2022
• Mayor Tishaura O. Jones Highlights City’s Efforts to Retain $5.5 Million to Protect First Responders, Improve 911 System Through Negotiations with Attorney General Eric Schmitt
  Jones et al outlined negotiations with the Attorney General office over a settlement agreement related to the wrongful conviction case of George Allen
  Press release | Office of the Mayor,Office of the City Counselor,Metropolitan St. Louis Police Department | 11/22/2021
• Downtown Engagement and Public Safety Initiative Highlights New Downtown Business, Successful 2021 GEOINT Symposium
  Jones highlighted Whisky on Washington, the first Black-owned bar of its kind in St. Louis, helping create positive spaces for residents downtown.
  Press release | Office of the Mayor,Department of Public Safety | 10/11/2021