The Mayor with the approval of a majority of the members of
the Board of Aldermen shall appoint a Chief of Police, who shall perform
all duties required of the Chief of Police by law and any other Police
Officers found by the Board of Aldermen to be necessary for the good
government of the City. The Chief of Police shall be twenty-one (21)
years of age or older.
All newly hired Peace Officers shall be required to have training
for certification in accordance with Section 590.105, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 456, 6-27-2019]
A. This
policy addresses traffic enforcement and specifically contains the
following statement: Enforcement actions are commensurate with applicable
laws (Sections 304.125 and 573.320.1(6), RSMo.) and take into account
the degree and severity of the violation committed. This department
does not establish ticket quotas.
If Diamond or the Diamond Police Department ever had anything
akin to a quota system for enforcement activity it is gone. No such
quota or incentives currently exist. In field training and practice
Diamond and the Diamond Police Department recognize the various appropriate
levels of contacts with citizens and the citizens' right to refuse
such contact lacking legal reason otherwise.
B. The
Diamond Police Department does not establish ticket quotas. Enforcement
actions are commensurate with applicable laws and take into account
the degree and severity of the violation committed. Officers should,
with good reason, take appropriate enforcement action, for each traffic
violation observed or reported to them. An attempt by an officer to
enforce a traffic violation should not in itself cause a threat to
the safety of others greater that the threat posed by the offending
motorist.
C. Enforcement
actions shall be delivered in a fair, impartial and courteous manner.
Options for enforcement actions include physical arrest, citation/notice
to appear, and verbal warning.
[Ord. No. 170 §§1—4, 4-26-1988]
A. Any
Police Officer of the City of Diamond, Missouri, who has completed
the basic training program as established by Chapter 590 of the Revised
Statutes of Missouri shall have the authority to respond to an emergency
situation outside the boundaries of the City of Diamond, Missouri.
As provided herein, "emergency situation" means any
situation in which the Police Officer has a reasonable belief that
a crime is about to be committed, is being committed, or has been
committed, involving injury or threat of injury to any person, property
or governmental interest, and the officer's response is reasonably
necessary to prevent or end such emergency situation or mitigate the
likelihood of injury involved in such emergency situation. The determination
of the existence of any emergency situation shall be in the discretion
of the officer.
B. The
term "response", as used in this Section, shall mean
to take any and all action which the Police Officer may lawfully take
as if exercising normal powers within the City of Diamond, Missouri.
C. The
authority contained herein shall permit the response by one (1) or
more City of Diamond, Missouri, Police Officers in this jurisdiction
within the State of Missouri until the emergency situation has been
adequately taken into control, in the discretion of the officer, by
another appropriate jurisdiction.
D. Every
response to an emergency situation outside the City limits of the
City of Diamond, Missouri, by the municipal Police Officers of the
City of Diamond, Missouri, shall immediately be reported to the radio
dispatcher for the Newton County Sheriff's office, and shall be reported
by the Chief of Police of the City of Diamond, Missouri, to the Sheriff
of Newton County, Missouri, with an explanation of the reason for
the response.
The Police Chief and Officers shall receive as full compensation
such a sum as shall be, from time to time, fixed by resolution of
the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 172 §§1—3, 12-12-1988]
A. The
Mayor or his/her designated representative shall be authorized to
sell all unclaimed personal property, except guns, recovered by the
Police Department. Items shall be retained by the Police Department
for at least sixty (60) days from the date of initial possession.
If the property is not claimed by its owner within sixty (60) days,
the Chief of Police may sell the property at public auction as herein
provided.
B. The
sale of guns which are unclaimed personal property shall be only to
a Federally licensed firearms dealer upon approval of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.
C. Except as provided for in Subsection
(B) hereof, all sales of personal property shall be at public auction. The City Clerk shall cause notice of sale to be published in a local newspaper at least seven (7) days prior to the sale, and publication to contain a list of all items to be sold at said sale.
D. The
proceeds of said sale, after deduction of the expenses of the sale,
shall be deposited in the Police Department Fund of the City of Diamond
and shall be accompanied by an itemized list of expenses of the sale
and a verified list identifying the article sold, the sale price,
and the name of the purchaser.