Missouri Sen. Brian Williams, D-University City, who is known for sponsoring a bill on police reform which went into affect in 2021, announced Thursday that he is running for St. Louis County Executive. The Democratic primary will take place in August 2026.

The American reported in 2021 that the bill on police reform that Williams sponsored, combined with another bill, would “implement a whole list of police reforms including prohibiting law enforcement from using chokeholds unless deadly force is authorized; increasing the penalty to a Class E felony for officers and correctional staff who engage in sexual conduct with a person in their custody; and preventing officers who have been discharged from one department for wrongdoing from simply moving to another department by granting immunit

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