Krewson previously told the Post-Dispatch she had raised the idea of the county loaning 42 officers during the meeting — an assertion that Belmar denied. But on Friday she clarified that she did not raise the idea at the meeting, but for the first time in her letter to Irwin.

Irwin confirmed he received Krewson’s letter. “As far as I know, it was only addressed to me. It was pretty informal, just on a regular white sheet of paper. I took the letter and put it in my file.”

He said he did not follow up to see how the plan was moving forward. “It’s really not my role,” he said. “Any communication between the city and county should take place between the two elected representatives.”

Asked why she did not send the letter to officials in St. Louis County, Krewson said, “There was no expectation that it wouldn’t be shared. I can’t speak to exactly who he shared it with. My thought was it was shared with the others at the meeting.”

She sent the letter to Irwin “because Tom Irwin called the meeting,” she said. “He was the lead on the meeting.”

Krewson’s letter thanked Irwin for his work coordinating the effort to “examine the question regarding how the St. Louis City and St. Louis County police departments can combine to reduce violent crime.”