Effective – 28 Aug 1953 84.540. Reserve force organized, when, uniforms — emergency appointments. — 1. Upon recommendation of the chief of police, the board may authorize and provide for the organization of a police reserve force composed of residents of the city who qualify under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 84.570. Such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 84.550. Police department — reemployment of veterans. — Any person who shall have entered the armed service of the United States during time of war shall be preferred for reemployment, provided such person was employed in the police department at the time of such induction or enlistment and is otherwise […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2004 84.560. Police force — ranks. — For the purposes of sections 84.350 to 84.860 all police officers, not including civilian employees and other than the chief, shall be assigned one of the following ranks: lieutenant colonel, major, captain, sergeant, master patrol officer, master detective, detective, investigator, or patrolman. Lieutenant colonels […]
Effective – 27 Jun 2003 84.570. Police force — qualifications — competitive examinations — eligible list — rules by board. — 1. No person shall be appointed policeman or officer of police who shall have been convicted of any offense, the punishment of which may be confinement in the state penitentiary; nor shall any person […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2021 84.575. Residency requirements — prohibited and authorized. — 1. The board of police commissioners established by section 84.350 shall not require, as a condition of employment, that any currently employed or prospective law enforcement officer or other employee reside within any jurisdictional limit. If the board of police commissioners has […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.580. Police force — list of personnel — candidate’s right to examine test papers and marks. — 1. There shall be maintained in the departments a list of all persons in the service of the departments in such cities, showing in connection with each name the position held, the salary […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1953 84.590. Police department — vacancies filled by promotion. — Promotions within the police department shall, as far as practicable, be made from lower ranks and, other factors being equal, preference shall be given to seniority. Unless the chief shall recommend and the board shall approve waiver of the requirement, a […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.600. Police force — probationary term — removal and alternatives. — The first employment of policemen and every police officer shall be for a probationary term of six months, after which the chief may at his discretion extend the probationary period for an additional term of six months, but no […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.610. Police personnel — right to public hearing. — Any police officer, policeman or employee adversely affected by any action taken by the chief which he is required to report to the board under the provisions of subdivision (1) of section 84.500 shall have the right to have such action […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.620. Board of police — enforcement of regulations. — All lawful rules and regulations made by the board shall be obeyed by the members of the police force on pain of dismissal, suspension, fine or reduction in rank or pay, or forfeiture of pay, as the board may provide. ——– […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.630. Police force — acceptance of gratuities prohibited — disposition of fines. — No officer of police or policeman shall be allowed to receive any money or gratuity or compensation for any service he may render without the consent of the said board, and all such moneys as any policeman […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 84.640. Police force — power to make arrests. — The members of the police force of any such city are hereby empowered to make arrests for the violation of any ordinance of such city for the protection, regulation and orderly government of parks, public grounds and other public property owned […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 84.650. Arrests — procedure. — The commissioners of police shall cause all persons arrested by the police to be brought before some judge within said cities, to be dealt with according to law. Proper police officers in charge of police station houses may, if the offense charged against any person […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 84.710. Police force — officers of state — powers to arrest. — 1. The members of the police force appointed in pursuance hereof are hereby declared to be officers of the state of Missouri and of the city for which such commissioners are appointed. 2. They shall have power within […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories 84.720. Police commissioners, power to regulate security personnel — fingerprint, criminal history record check — penalty — excursion gambling boat exception. — 1. The police commissioners of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories 84.730. Board of police — annual budget estimate — appropriations. — It shall be the duty of the board, on the fifteenth day of January of each year, to prepare, in writing, a budget estimating the sum of money which will be necessary for the next fiscal year, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.740. Board of police — annual budget — expenditures. — Out of the amount of money appropriated by the governing body of such cities to meet the expense of the police department for the ensuing fiscal year, the police board shall, on or before May first of each year, adopt […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.750. Board of police — expenditure vouchers. — No order or voucher which involves a commitment to expend money shall be issued unless it bears the signature of the secretary of the board certifying that a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered appropriation balance remains in the amount appropriated for such purpose […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.760. Board of police — limitation of expenditures — penalty for violation. — 1. No officer or employee of police departments of such cities shall, during any fiscal year, spend any money, incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms incurs the expenditure of money for […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1943 84.770. Organization or payment of other police force prohibited. — The common council or municipal assembly of said cities shall have no power or authority to levy or collect any taxes or appropriate any money for the payment of any police force, other than that organized and employed under sections […]
