The leaders of some of St. Louis’ largest counties have signed an agreement to establish a multi-million dollar police training facility.

And while some St. Louis County residents panned the training center as a misplaced priority, others contended it was a rare example of collaboration between counties that often operate in their own silos.

“Everybody loves to talk about regionalism,” said St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann. “If regionalism was easy, everybody would be doing it. We found in the last year it's not easy. But if you have people that are willing to work together it makes it all a lot easier.”

St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties will all oversee the Regional Law Enforcement Training Center. State lawmakers allocated $50 million to the project, wh

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