The Maplewood and Richmond Heights police departments are among nine in St. Louis County with outside accreditation. That’s according to a report on St. Louis County police departments by Better Together STL released this month.
Chesterfield, Clayton, Creve Coeur, Florissant, Maplewood, Richmond Heights, Shrewsbury, St. Louis County and Webster Groves have received accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The St. Louis City and UMSL departments are also accredited.
CALEA is an accreditation board that evaluates police departments based on a set of standards that measure administrative, operational and logistical aspects of police departments.
The Maplewood police department won the accreditation in September 2014 after three years of work, led by Maplewood Sergeant Michael Martin.
Better Together STL reported other department information:
Brentwood has 27 full time officers policing 1.96 square miles; Maplewood has 32 officers for 1.56 square miles; Richmond Heights has 38 officers for 2.03 square miles.
Brentwood’s department budget is $3,815,552
- Chief’s salary, $104,842
- Average captain salary, NA
- Average lieutenant salary, $94,190
- Average sergeant salary, $86,478
- Average officer salary, $70,341
Maplewood’s department budget is $3,764,153
- Chief’s salary, $122,845
- Average captain salary, NA
- Average lieutenant salary, $87,526
- Average sergeant salary, $83,116
- Average officer salary, $65,924
Richmond Heights’ department budget is $4,650,856
- Chief’s salary, $105,818
- Average captain salary, $79,998
- Average lieutenant salary, NA
- Average sergeant salary, $79,793
- Average officer salary, $58,852
See the complete Better Together STL report.