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The St. Louis County Jail is located inside the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Missouri at 100 South Central Avenue, about eight miles (13 km) from downtown St. Louis. The holding capacity of the facility is 1,400 male and female inmates. The St. Louis County Jail is a direct-supervision facility that detains adults and juveniles being tried as adults who are awaiting trial or serving county sentences and is the only jail in Missouri that holds an accreditation known as the ALDF from the American Correctional Association (ACA). Opened in March 1998, the center replaced both the jail in the 1949 St. Louis County Courthouse building and the Adult Correctional Building in Chesterfield, Missouri. The center was rededicated the “Buzz Westfall Justice Center” in 2004.HistorySt. Louis City and St. Louis County separated in 1876 and left the county at its current size of 524sqmi. After Clayton, Missouri was chosen as the permanent county seat, a courthouse and jail were built in December 1878. By 1945, a bond issue allowed for the construction of a new courthouse and jail in Clayton facing Forsyth Boulevard that was completed in 1949.A new state law allowed for jail facilities to be located outside of the county seat of Clayton. Because land costs in Clayton were considered prohibitive, the new Adult Correctional Institution was built in 1969 in Gumbo, a historical community which was located in present-day Chesterfield, Missouri approximately 15mi to the west.Continued jail overcrowding and deterioration of the remaining jail facilities in Chesterfield created pressure for new correctional facilities. In choosing a site for new facilities the costs and difficulties of continually transporting prisoners between jail facilities in far west County and court facilities in Clayton weighed in favor of a Clayton site for a new jail and expanded court facilities. The new Justice Center (which includes the St. Louis County Jail) opened in 1998 and is connected to the Courts Building by a secure skywalk, replacing both the jail in the 1949 Courthouse building and the Adult Correctional Building in Chesterfield. The justice center was rededicated the “Buzz Westfall Justice Center” in 2004. George “Buzz” Westfall was the St. Louis County Executive from 1990 to October 2003 when he died after developing a staph infection.
Hello! We're so glad you engage with us via Facebook. Here's some information about the rules while using the St. Louis County Facebook pages. Thanks! This Facebook page was created to share information about the St. Louis County Police with the general public. To promote appropriate information exchange with community members, the Police Department welcomes postings and comments that are related to the specific content posted on the site. Comments posted on this page will be monitored and the Police Department reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments such as the following: • Comments not topically related to the post for which they are made will be deleted from under that post; • Profane language or content; • Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation; • Sexual content or links to sexual content; • Solicitations of commerce; • Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity; • Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; or • Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party. By virtue of providing content to this site, you agree that you have no expectation of privacy in the information provided. The County is not responsible for and does not endorse any links embedded in comments posted to this site by third parties. While we do our best to monitor our social media accounts daily, this site is not monitored 24/7. If you have an emergency, please call 911.
The Bureau of Security Services provides security for all of St. Louis County Government, including the Justice Center in Clayton. Security officers hired by the Department have to meet the same kind of high standards of competence and integrity that the citizens of the County have come to expect of their law enforcement personnel. These security officers are dedicated to maintaining the safety of County personnel and of the citizens who transact business at County Government facilities.
Provide our internal and external customers with quality service and support Foster proactive change and innovation Demonstrate values to ensure consistent and equitable treatment of our employees The Division supports the human resource needs of all County departments. It serves to: Recruit a competent work force Encourage growth and professional development through training programs Administer County employee health and benefit programs Represent the County in Employee and Labor Relations Develop effective classification and compensation programs
Hello! We're so glad you engage with us via Facebook. Here's some information about the rules while using the St. Louis County Facebook pages. Thanks! This Facebook page was created to share information about the St. Louis County Police with the general public. To promote appropriate information exchange with community members, the Police Department welcomes postings and comments that are related to the specific content posted on the site. Comments posted on this page will be monitored and the Police Department reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments such as the following: • Comments not topically related to the post for which they are made will be deleted from under that post; • Profane language or content; • Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation; • Sexual content or links to sexual content; • Solicitations of commerce; • Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity; • Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; or • Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party. By virtue of providing content to this site, you agree that you have no expectation of privacy in the information provided. The County is not responsible for and does not endorse any links embedded in comments posted to this site by third parties. While we do our best to monitor our social media accounts daily, this site is not monitored 24/7. If you have an emergency, please call 911.
The Bureau of Security Services provides security for all of St. Louis County Government, including the Justice Center in Clayton. Security officers hired by the Department have to meet the same kind of high standards of competence and integrity that the citizens of the County have come to expect of their law enforcement personnel. These security officers are dedicated to maintaining the safety of County personnel and of the citizens who transact business at County Government facilities.
This site hopes to serve as a deterrent to anyone thinking of using heroin for the first time and a place for those seeking help with heroin addiction to find what they need as well.
The Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Waste Management Program deals with so much more than just a bunch of trash. Our department focuses on proper waste disposal, waste reduction, recycling, and enforcement. We want to give you a chance to peak into what we do and also provide you with information on how to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Check us out for news, events, and waste diversion tips geared toward Saint Louis County residents.