Editing Charlack, Missouri (section)

==Police department==
In 1945, the village was patrolled by Charlack's first sheriff accompanied by two deputies. The Police Department now has eight full-time employees, a chief, a pair of sergeants and six patrolmen as well as five reserve officers. The department has approximately nine patrol vehicles ranging from 4-5 Dodge Chargers, a Ford Explorer, a Dodge Sprinter Van, and a Ford Escape Hybrid outfitted as a Mobile Radar Photo Enforcement Unit made by Redflex Systems and acquired in late 2011. It also has a Chevy van used to set up photo enforcement cameras. Dispatch is provided by St. Louis County.{{Citation needed|date=October 2014}}

Charlack began using [[speed limit enforcement|speed cameras]] in March 2010. The cameras are provided by B&W Sensors, a company located in [[St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/charlack-to-use-camera-to-catch-speeders-on-i/article_f9935652-07e8-5eab-8d77-8868b821a083.html|title=Charlack to use camera to catch speeders on I-170|last=Byers|first=Christine|date=March 20, 2010|work=stltoday.com|access-date=2018-01-30|language=en}}</ref> The speed cameras are on a mobile trailer which is located on top of [[Interstate 170 in Missouri|I-170]] on the Lackland Road Overpass.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Charlack-issues-11000-worth-of-tickets-in-4-months-with-new-speed-camera-101131134.html | title=Local }}</ref> Charlack's then-police chief, Tony Umbertino, claimed that traffic fines account for about 29% of Charlack's operating budget.<ref name="stltoday 8868b821a083">{{cite web| url = http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_f9935652-07e8-5eab-8d77-8868b821a083.html| title = Charlack to use camera to catch speeders on I-170 {{!}} Law and order {{!}} stltoday.com}}</ref> According to the then- Police Chief Umbertino, "The cameras have also been used on Lackland Road and Midland Road earlier in the year." Umbertino also served as the town manager.<ref name="stltoday 8868b821a083"/>

Charlack has been criticized by the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' for painting speed camera calibration lines on the highway without obtaining the proper permission.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_b9f603bc-e820-5d3e-a96f-65a66bc3b4f8.html| title = Charlack is target of more criticism over speed cameras {{!}} Law and order {{!}} stltoday.com}}</ref>  The ''Post-Dispatch'' has also reported that Charlack has complied with a previous agreement to man the speed camera stations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_21105301-8d9b-57bb-a2cc-a599a95609a1.html| title = Charlack breaks rules on cameras {{!}} Law and order {{!}} stltoday.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/Reports.php |title=Missouri Vehicle Stops Reports |access-date=2010-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311020219/http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/Reports.php |archive-date=2015-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The department contracts with an outside vendor to collect traffic fines online.