Accomplishments

Tishaura Jones’ leadership turned challenges into progress —making St. Louis Safer, Healthier, and Stronger.

SAFER

  • Reduced homicides by over 40%

  • Reduced youth-involved shootings by 50%

  • Increased 911 response times by 60%

  • Improved violent crime clearance percentages to over 75%

  • Closed and demolished “The Workhouse,” an old city jail that traumatized many in the criminal justice system for decades

  • Established the city’s first Office of Violence Prevention, expanding behavioral health access through 911, a co-responder model, and funding community partners to prevent violence before it starts

  • Hired the first outside police chief in the City' s history and gave police officers the largest raise in two decades, continuing to work to recruit new officers and retain officers, successfully bringing back dozens of officers who left the department amidst a nationwide hiring shortage

  • Convened a regionwide effort to address violent crime. Together, that initiative will reduce homicides and shootings an additional 20 percent regionally over the next three years through focused deterrence, cognitive behavioral theory and street outreach

HEALTHIER

  • Founded the Bureau of Behavioral Health to address the opioid crisis by distributing more than 8500 doses of the overdose drug naloxone.

  • Established the Office of New Americans to plug our newest residents into city services, including new entrepreneurs

  • Expanded the construction of protected bike lanes 

  • Invested in sustainability by growing the sustainability team on the ground in St. Louis and winning an $8M grant to improve the city’s tree canopy.

  • Established the City’s first LGBTQIA+ Advisory Board promoting trans healthcare and gender-inclusive practices in key City departments and operations

  • In partnership with federal officials, secured federal authorization to tap $45M in federal water infrastructure funds

  • Convened a regional summit to align resources across St. Louis to address homelessness. 

STRONGER

  • Created the Stable Properties STL program to address negligent private properties, prompting dozens of abandoned structures to be stabilized either by the city or property owners

  • Secured a $15 million grant to reduce vacancy in marginalized neighborhoods

  • Signed legislation regulating short-term rentals 

  • Modernized the hiring process through the implementation of new software, decreasing wait times for applicants from several months to several weeks.

  • Established the Affirmative Litigation Unit in the City Counselor’s Office, targeting predatory landlords

  • Streamlined the liquor license process to make it easier to open, but also easier to close, a restaurant if it becomes a bad actor

  • Helped bring more jobs to the region, including for the Gateway South development project, Procter and Gamble, Deli Starr, and ICL. Over 462 youth joined the Earn and Learn program during the Jones administration, and 85 individuals received their CDL. 750 youth were served by the City’s jobs program and received paid internships as part of their experiences