密苏里州长基霍10月23日要求总检察长调查圣路易斯警察委员会闭门续约风波
2026年10月23日，密苏里州州长迈克·基霍（Mike Kehoe）致信州总检察长凯瑟琳·哈纳韦（Catherine Hanaway），要求对圣路易斯警察委员会展开全面调查，核查该委员会在10月17日前后举行的会议中是否违反了密苏里州《阳光法》（Sunshine Law）的公开会议规定。
争议源于该委员会近期以闭门、非透明程序快速推进警察局长特蕾西（Tracy）的合同续约，基霍表示，这一做法引发严重关切。基霍在声明中说，他仍然支持由市民领导的圣路易斯警察委员会的职权，但快速推进局长续约的闭门过程令人担忧，州首席执法官员应当介入调查，并在必要时采取执法行动，确保完全遵守公开会议要求。
密苏里州《阳光法》明确规定，公共机构的会议、记录、投票、行动与审议原则上都应当公开，除非法律另有规定，旨在保障公众信任。基霍还表示，作为在圣路易斯出生长大的州长、出身警察家庭，他深切关心圣路易斯大都会警察局的一线警员与文职雇员，市民与全州人民都理应得到明确答复与充分的透明度和问责。目前总检察长办公室尚未公布调查结论。
Missouri Governor Kehoe Asks Attorney General to Investigate St. Louis Police Board’s Closed-Door Contract Renewal
On October 23, 2026, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe wrote to state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway asking for a full investigation of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, to determine whether meetings the board held around October 17 violated the open-meetings provisions of Missouri's Sunshine Law.
The controversy stems from the board's recent fast-tracked, closed-door process to renew Police Chief Tracy's contract, which Kehoe said raises serious concerns. In his statement, Kehoe said he still supports the authority of the citizen-led St. Louis police board, but that the closed process of rushing the chief's renewal is troubling, and that the state's chief law-enforcement officer should investigate and, if necessary, take enforcement action to ensure full compliance with open-meetings requirements.
Missouri's Sunshine Law provides that meetings, records, votes, actions and deliberations of public bodies are to be open unless otherwise provided by law, in order to safeguard public trust. Kehoe added that as a governor born and raised in St. Louis and from a police family, he cares deeply about the front-line officers and civilian employees of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and that city residents and all Missourians deserve clear answers, full transparency and accountability. The Attorney General's Office has not yet announced any findings.
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