[R.O. 1993 § 200.080]
The Director of Public Safety, with the advice and consent of
City Manager, shall appoint such number of regular Public Safety Officers
as the interest and welfare of the City may require, and the revenues
of the City will justify. Such regular Public Safety Officers shall
subscribe to the oath of office required of other City Officers before
entering upon their duties.
[R.O. 1993 § 200.090; R.O. of 1938 § 94;
CC 1963 Ch. 14 Art. I. § 14-14]
In addition to the duties required of the Director by this Article
and the laws of Missouri governing cities of the Third Class, it shall
be his/her duty to file with the Municipal Judge complaints against
any and all persons whom he/she has reason to believe are violating
any of the ordinances of this City, and he/she shall report to the
City Attorney the name of the witness or witnesses upon whom he/she
relies to establish the guilt of the person or persons complained
against.
[R.O. 1993 § 200.100; Ord. No.
2301 § 1, 9-12-1995]
A.
Forfeiture.
Whenever any person is convicted in the City of any offense or violation
of law of the State, or any ordinance of the City, which offense or
violation shall involve in any manner the use or possession by the
person convicted, of any firearm, projectile weapon, knife, knuckles,
blackjack, billy or other dangerous or deadly weapon, in addition
to the penalties provided by law or ordinance, such person shall be
subject to forfeiture of the weapon or weapons so involved.
B.
Confiscation
— Disposition. All such weapons shall be confiscated by the
Director of the Department of Public Safety and either destroyed or
used by and for the Department of Public Safety.
[R.O. 1993 § 200.110; Ord. No.
2301 § 1, 9-12-1995]
A.
Forfeited,
Abandoned Or Unclaimed Weapons. The Director of the Department of
Public Safety shall dispose of all unclaimed, abandoned or forfeited
firearms and other dangerous and deadly weapons (e.g., projectile
weapon, knife, knuckles, blackjack, or billy), and all firearms and
dangerous and deadly weapons turned in by individuals, in the following
manner:
1.
If the firearm or dangerous and deadly weapon is of the type designated
as regulation equipment for the Department of Public Safety, then
the firearm or dangerous and deadly weapon may be utilized as Police
equipment.
2.
If the firearm, or dangerous and deadly weapon is of historical value,
or of an unusual nature, the firearm or dangerous and deadly weapon
may be placed in the Department of Public Safety's display case for
exhibition purposes only.
3.
All other firearms or dangerous and deadly weapons shall be destroyed
in such a manner as to render them to be permanently inoperable or
shall be disposed of in any other lawful manner.
B.
Inventory
— Reports. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall
report to the City Manager periodically on all non-regulation firearms
and dangerous and deadly weapons in the possession of the Department
of Public Safety and shall, in addition, keep a current inventory
of all such items.
C.
Abandonment,
Reclamation Procedures. No firearm shall be considered to be unclaimed
or abandoned unless the firearm is in the possession of the Department
of Public Safety for thirty (30) consecutive days. An individual may
reclaim his/her firearm or dangerous and deadly weapon only upon a
reasonable showing of ownership. No firearm or dangerous and deadly
weapon shall be returned to a convicted felon, to a minor, or any
other individual not having a legal right to possession. The thirty
(30) consecutive day requirement shall not begin to apply to a specific
firearm or dangerous and deadly weapon when the item is being held
for evidence in a trial, or other legal hearing, but shall only begin
to run when the trial or legal hearing and all other legal processes
involved are completed.
[R.O. 1993 § 200.120; Ord. No.
2292 §§ 1 — 3, 4-11-1995]
A.
A person
commits the offense of assault on a police animal if he or she knowingly
attempts to kill or disable or knowingly causes or attempts to cause
serious physical injury to a police animal when that animal is involved
in law enforcement investigation, apprehension, tracking, or search,
or the animal is in the custody of or under the control of a Law Enforcement
Officer, Department of Corrections Officer, Municipal Police Department,
Fire Department or a rescue unit or agency.
