{"id":5012,"date":"2026-09-09T06:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/brighter-side-of-blue-features-slmpd-chief-tracy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:20:15","slug":"brighter-side-of-blue-features-slmpd-chief-tracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/brighter-side-of-blue-features-slmpd-chief-tracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighter Side of Blue Features SLMPD Chief Tracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 858\/483\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F3LVLFY3GfuU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=858&#038;video_height=483)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chief Robert Tracy: The First Outsider to Lead SLMPD\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3LVLFY3GfuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div> ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 September 9, 2026 (STL.News) A St. Louis-based podcast created by current and retired law enforcement officers is giving viewers a chance to hear directly from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Tracy while offering a different perspective on policing, public safety, and the people behind the badge. The Brighter Side of Blue, a locally produced law enforcement podcast established in 2023, featured Tracy as part of its growing collection of long-form conversations with police officers, investigators, prosecutors, federal agents, and others with firsthand experience in law enforcement. CLICK to visit The Brighter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/brighter-side-of-blue-features-slmpd-chief-tracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. LOUIS, MO \u2013 September 9, 2026 (STL.News) A St. Louis-based podcast created by current and retired law enforcement officers is giving viewers a chance to hear directly from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Tracy while offering&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/5014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}