page_title: Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis
section_title: Police Vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis / Rank structure / Police Vehicles
caption_attribution_description: English: April 13, 2013 MetroLink is a light-rail transit system in the STL metro region with a station right across the street from Busch Stadium.
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis, is the primary law enforcement agency for the St. Louis, Missouri in the United States.
  The Metropolitan Police is a Division in the Public Safety Department - City of St. Louis. The Metropolitan Police is the second largest City police agency in Missouri, based on number of employees, city population, and geographic area served. The department is also the 36th largest police department in the United States.
  The current Commissioner of Police is Colonel John Hayden Jr., who was named to the position on January 17, 2018.
  The department is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
  The Metropolitan Police Department is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world.
  According to the Mapping Police Violence dataset, MPDSL has the highest police use of deadly force per capita. The MPDSL union has strongly resisted attempts to establish independent oversight of police misconduct. When Kimberly Gardner, the top prosecutor in St.
context_section_description: The MPD utilizes a variety of vehicles, including the Ford Police Interceptor (CVPI), the Dodge Charger, the Chevrolet Tahoe, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2500 series, the Chevrolet Impala 9C1, the Chevrolet Caprice, the Ford Police Interceptor (sedan), and the Ford F-150 and F-250. Both regularly marked and slicktop vehicles are used frequently. Each officer is issued the Beretta 92D 9mm handgun which has been standard issue since 1992. As of 2017 it was reported that the department would be getting new 9mm Beretta pistols to replace the currently issued aging Beretta 92D.
  
  
   
  Patrol cars
  Chevrolet Impala
  Chevrolet Tahoe
  Dodge Charger (DWI Traffic Enforcement)
  Chevrolet Malibu
   
  Miscellaneous
  John Deere Gator
  Police Motorcycle
  Bicycles
  Ford Super Duty
   
  S.W.A.T
  Lenco BearCat
  S.W.A.T Mobile Command
  Chevrolet Tahoe
  Chevrolet Step-Van
  2011 Explorer
caption: A Chevrolet Tahoe of SLMPD's MetroLink patrol unit
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