Crime & Safety
Ballwin Police Golf Scramble Gives Back to BackStoppers
The police department presented a check worth almost $5,000 to the non-profit organization.

The donated $4,902.70 to BackStoppers, Inc., from funds raised at the police department's 6th annual June 18.
The retired Chief Ron Battelle, executive director of BackStoppers, was presented with the donation Aug. 9 by members of the Ballwin P.D. Over the six years the charity golf event has been held in Ballwin, the Department says it has raised more than $30,000 for BackStoppers.
BackStoppers is an organization providing assistance to families of first responders killed in the line of duty within Missouri and Illinois.
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