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 Marshal 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.
The Police of the City 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 City.
The Board of Aldermen of the City 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.
Persons licensed and commissioned as Law Enforcement Officers
within the City before July 1, 2002, may retain licensure with one
hundred twenty (120) hours of basic training.
