The Chairman with the approval of a majority of the members
of the Board of Trustees shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall
perform all duties required of the Marshal by law and any other Police
Officers found by the Board of Trustees to be necessary for the good
government of the Village. The Chief of Police shall be twenty-one
(21) years of age or older.
The Police of the Village may be appointed in such numbers,
for such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
They shall have power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas,
writs or other process and to make arrests in the same manner as the
Marshal. They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned by
the municipality outside of the boundaries of such municipality. The
Marshal and Policemen shall be conservators of the peace and shall
be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order within the
Village.
The Board of Trustees of the Village may by ordinance enter
into a contract or agreement with any other political subdivision
for the provision of Police services by one political subdivision
to another on request as provided for in Section 70.815, RSMo. The
terms "Chief of Police", "Police", "Police
Officer" and "Police Department", as used
herein, shall refer to Law Enforcement Officers of the contracting
entity.