Sinquefield supported the successful effort to return local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to the City of St. Louis [REF].
Local control, the Proposition A ballot initiative, received broad support,[REF] including St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay,[REF] and the Missouri Democratic Party[REF][REF] On February 22, 2011, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 71, the local measure in that body, by a vote of 109-46 [REF].