05.18.10
St Louis Strip Clubs: New Chief Dave Clark Strips Perks From Washington Park Police Department
Dave Clark, a former St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department deputy, was appointed to be the village’s new Chief of Police earlier this month. Like something out of an old Hollywood western, Clark is stridently attempting to clean up the crime-plagued town and making proclamations like, “We’re no longer going to sit and watch guys break the law. We’re going to enforce the law.”
According to a story in this morning’s Belleville News-Democrat, Clark’s confrontational-style rubbing a lot of people the wrong way. Mostly his own police officers. The worst part? On Clark’s watch the cops are no longer allowed to spend their on-duty hours hanging out in Washington Park’s seedy strip clubs.
Officers also must utilize their time better. Instead of hanging out at businesses for long periods of time — the village is home to about half a dozen strip clubs — officers must “do a better job of patrolling and getting guys off the streets,” Clark said