St. Louis, Missouri | Police Funding Database | LDF

St. Louis at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	125,638
	Black or African American	112,780
	American Indian and Alaska native	409
	Asian	10,812
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0
	Two or More Races	13,553
	Hispanic or Latino	15,826

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Full-time law enforcement staff, St. Louis Police Department

This information is currently unavailable.

Federal grant funding for St. Louis

Data was last updated March 24, 2026

We identified over $4.7M in federal grant funding, FY 2016-2026

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$4,728,509

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: St. Louis
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$173,664.00	10/1/2024 9/30/2027	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MISSOURI THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE (USAO) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI, CONFRONTS A CHRONICALLY HIGH LEVEL OF VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY FIREARM VIOLENCE. ACCORDING TO THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORT, ST. LOUIS HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN RANKED AS ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT CITI…	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.609 Project Safe Neighborhoods	Prime
$46,120.00	10/1/2024 9/30/2026	ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL USE FY24 LEMHWA FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE NEWLY FORMED WELLNESS UNIT AND PEER SUPPORT TEAM. THIS WILL OCCUR THROUGH UNIT AND TEAM MEMBERS ATTENDING VARIOUS CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS THROUGHOUT 2025 AND 2026, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER A…	Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime
$499,980.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA-DRIVEN GUNFIRE HOTSPOT POLICING: EXAMINING THE EFFICACY OF REACTIVE AND PLACE-BASED PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACHES IN REDUCING GUNFIRE IN ST. LOUIS	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$447,642.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	CITY OF ST. LOUIS THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, …	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime

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Military equipment transfers

We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated November 14, 2025

Settlements

We identified 2 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $9,614,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2023	In January 2023, the City of St. Louis, Missouri, agreed to pay a total of $4,914,000 to more than eighty individuals who claimed that police violated their civil rights during 2017 protests. Police claimed that the protesters, who were demonstrating in response to the acquittal of former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley in the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith, refused to disperse. However, the lawsuit alleged that police surrounded protesters and refused to let them leave, and that officers beat and pepper-sprayed the protesters before arresting them. Source Sam Clancy, "Proposed settlement says St. Louis will pay nearly $5M over police response to 2017 protests", KSDK, January 30, 2023	Compensation $4,914,000.00
2010 - 2016	The St. Louis Police Department paid $4.7 million for police misconduct settlements between 2010 and 2016. In 2012, the St. Louis Police Department paid $212,500 to the family of Normane Bennet, who was shot by police following their pursuit of him in an attempt to make a drug arrest. In 2013, the department agreed to pay $400,000 to the family of Cary Ball, who was shot 212 times by police following a pursuit, and also paid $900,000 to the survivors of Anthony Lamar Smith, who was fatally shot by police. According to a review of police settlement cases between 2010 and early 2016, these were among the largest of 44 settlements—totaling $4.7 million—by the department. Source Jeremy Kohler, "St. Louis police secret settlements total $4.7 million", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 06, 2016	Compensation $4,700,000.00