[CC 1988 §71.010]
A.
A department
of the government of the City of Lake Saint Louis to be known as the
Department of Police is hereby created. The primary mission of the
department shall be:
1.
To suppress crime;
2.
Protect life and property from criminal depredation;
3.
The preservation of law and order;
4.
The enforcement of the criminal and traffic laws of the State of
Missouri and the criminal and traffic ordinances of the City of Lake
Saint Louis;
5.
The detection and apprehension of criminal and traffic offenders;
and
6.
The recovery of stolen property.
[CC 1988 §71.020; Ord. No. 779 §1, 11-4-1991]
The department shall be under the supervision of an executive
officer to be known as the Chief of Police. He/she shall be responsible
to the City Administrator of the City of Lake Saint Louis for the
efficient operation of the Department of Police. He/she shall promptly
perform directives of the City Administrator.
[CC 1988 §71.030; Ord. No. 779 §1, 11-4-1991; Ord. No. 789 §1, 2-18-1992]
A.
The
City Administrator shall appoint the Chief of Police of the Police
Department with the approval of a majority of the Board of Aldermen.
1.
The City Administrator may, with the consent of a majority of the
Board of Aldermen, remove from office the Chief of Police at will.
2.
The Chief of Police shall appoint, with the approval of the City
Administrator, employees as may hereafter be set by ordinance to efficiently
perform the duties and responsibilities of the department and as funds
provided by law permit.
3.
During the first (1st) year of appointment to the department, any
member on probation may be dismissed, subject to written approval
by the City Administrator, by the Chief of Police for unsatisfactory
performance or conduct unbecoming a member without recourse or appeal.
After completion of the probationary period, members other than the
Chief of Police shall not be subject to suspension, demotion, or dismissal
without prior written approval of the City Administrator. Upon request
of the member, charges showing cause for dismissal shall be filed
by the Chief of Police before a Hearing Board within ten (10) days
of dismissal. The member shall be given notice of the hearing with
sufficient time to call witnesses and present evidence in his/her
behalf. The Hearing Board shall hear the evidence and shall file its
recommendations with the City Administrator. Decisions of the Hearing
Board may be appealed to the Board of Aldermen within five (5) working
days. The Board of Aldermen's decision shall be final
[Ord. No. 3827, 3-19-2018]
4.
The Police Review/Personnel Hearing Board. The Police Review/Personnel
Hearing Board shall consist of three (3) regular members and one (1)
alternate member who are residents of the City to be nominated by
the Mayor and to be approved by a three-fourths (¾) vote of
the Board of Aldermen. Their term of office shall be for a term concurrent
with and to terminate with the Mayor's term of office. The meetings
shall be on call as needed and called by the City Administrator. Their
duties shall be to hear evidence submitted by an aggrieved employee
and file its recommendations with the City Administrator.
[Ord. No. 3827, 3-19-2018]
[CC 1988 §71.040]
A.
The
Chief of Police shall organize the department in such a manner as
he/she may deem necessary to efficiently and properly conduct the
duties and responsibilities prescribed by law.
1.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to and shall prescribe and
enforce such directives, as may be deemed necessary, to carry out
the provisions of this Article and any other laws, the enforcement
and administration of which are vested in the department.
2.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to and shall establish such
regulations and procedures for promotion within the department. During
the one (1) year probation period of appointment to a particular higher
rank, the Chief of Police, subject to written approval of the City
Administrator, may reduce any officer to his/her previous rank for
unsatisfactory performance or conduct unbecoming an officer without
recourse or appeal.
[Ord. No. 3827, 3-19-2018]
3.
It is hereby declared the public policy of the City of Lake Saint
Louis that all personnel be promoted on the basis that only the most
qualified persons for the position to be filled will be promoted and
without regard to race, creed, age, sex or political affiliation.
4.
The Chief of Police, subject to written approval of the City Administrator,
shall have the authority to suspend a member of the department for
any period of time up to fourteen (14) days without pay for insubordination
or breach of a directive, provided however, any such suspended member
of the department shall be entitled, upon his/her request, to a hearing
as set forth in Section 200.080(3) hereof.
[Ord. No. 3827, 3-19-2018]
[CC 1988 §71.050]
The City of Lake Saint Louis Chief of Police and all commissioned
Police Officers are hereby empowered to arrest for any violation of
any criminal law of this State or of any provision of the municipal
Code of the City of Lake Saint Louis. All commissioned Police Officers
of the City of Lake Saint Louis are hereby empowered to serve and
execute warrants and other process for apprehension and commitment
of persons in the same manner and to the same extent as authorized
to Peace Officers.
[CC 1988 §71.070]
In the case of emergency, the Chief of Police shall have the
power to appoint auxiliary Policemen for temporary purposes. Such
auxiliary Policemen shall be under the command of the Chief of Police
and shall carry out such Police functions as the Chief of Police shall
assign.