ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Board of Aldermen’s Budget and Public Employees Committee on Monday voted to issue a subpoena to the state-appointed St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners after the police board declined to appear before aldermen to present its proposed fiscal 2027 budget.
The committee voted 4-0, with one member, Matt Devoti, voting present, to direct a subpoena requiring the police board to appear before the committee on May 27 to present its spending plan.
The move marks another escalation in the ongoing dispute between city officials and the state-controlled police board following Missouri’s 2025 takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department…