ST. LOUIS • Shootings here have always been investigated as possible crimes — unless the person pulling the trigger was a police officer. But as of this month, a full-time team of detectives charged with making sure use of deadly force is legal will scrutinize every St. Louis city officer who kills or wounds someone with a gun. This is apart from the Internal Affairs investigation of whether internal policies were violated. It is the kind of policy seen in some large departments, but more commonly under court order or forced after civil rights complaints. St. Louis’ version has roots in a deadly force review three years ago by University of Missouri-St. Louis criminologist David Klinger, who...
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