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 prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery

Civilian Oversight Division
The Division of Civilian Oversight is an independent agency where civilians lead investigations on Corrections facility incidents that directly impact St. Louisans and their neighbors.

Corrections Division
The Division houses in the City Justice Center citizens who are arrested by the police.

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 Division (NSD)
Empowering residents to sustain a quality environment within their neighborhood through effectively and efficiently registering and routing City services, providing information, assistance, education, and intervention.

Office of Violence Prevention
Coordinating public safety resources and community violence intervention programs to make St. Louis neighborhoods safer.

constituentServices

None at this time.

Apply for a Building Permit Apply for a Residential Occupancy Permit (Housing Conservation Inspection) Make Bond / Post Bail After An Arrest Pay False Security Alarm Service Fees Register Security Alarm Systems with the City Report a Problem With a City Service Request an Inmate's Property to be Returned

• St. Louis City Fire Department Warns of Dangers of Discharging Illegal Fireworks
  Fireworks are illegal in the City of St. Louis and cause thousands of injuries each year.
  Press release | Fire Department | 06/29/2026
• City of St. Louis Invites Residents to Next Round of Zoning Upgrade Workshops
  Community Workshops Will Introduce Draft Development Standards and Share Updates on the City’s Draft Zoning Map
  Press release | Office of the Mayor,Zoning Section | 06/24/2026
• Mayor Spencer Orders Youth Curfew in The Grove June 27-29, Bars to Voluntarily Close Doors Early
  This curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting in the evening of Saturday, June 27, and ending the morning of Monday, June 29.
  Press release | Office of the Mayor,Department of Public Safety,Metropolitan St. Louis Police Department | 06/18/2026