Hazelwood Police Dept
The City of Hazelwood Missouri encompasses 16.76 square miles and is one of the largest cities in St. Louis County and home to 25,458 (2020 Decennial Census) residents and more than 1,000 businesses, including 12 Fortune 500 com- panies, six Fortune 1,000 companies and 10 corporate headquarters. The City of Hazelwood contains 159.5 centerline miles of roadway that include Highways 67, 170, 270, and 370 with an estimated 267,000 vehicles traveling through the city limits daily. Every weekday, nearly 415,000 motorists travel through our city on the 2nd most voluminous interchange in the State (Interstates 64/40/270). Our motoring public is more reflective of the demographics of the State and St. Louis County, which are comprised of African American populations of 11.5% and 24.9% respectively (US Census Bureau). The stop data for Town & Country Police indicate over 78% of stops occurred on either the interstates, US Highway or State Highway, of which, 91 % were initiated for hazardous moving violations. Overall, 22% of the stops were African American drivers. The natural implication of this statistic is that the ratio of the race of motorists stopped for violations would reflect state and county demographics, not the residential population of the City of Town & Country. The Town & Country Police is committed to fair and impartial application of the law while attempting to maintain a safe environment for all people who travel in and through our City limits. A careful examination of the data indicates that our practice matches this policy.