[CC 1992 §200.010; R.O. 1979 §7.000; Ord. No. 1231 §1, 1-24-2002; Ord. No. 1267 §1, 10-23-2002]
A.
The Police
Department of the City shall consist of the Director of Public Safety
and Police Officers.
B.
The Mayor
with the consent and approval of the majority of the members of the
Board of Aldermen shall appoint the Director of Public Safety who
shall also be known as the Chief of Police. Other Police Officers
will be appointed and removed pursuant to the City's Personnel Policy.
[CC 1992 §200.020; R.O. 1979 §7.100]
Before entering on the discharge of his/her duties, the Director
of Public Safety may be required to execute to the City a bond in
the sum to be determined by resolution of the Board, with good and
sufficient surety, to be approved by the Board, conditioned that he/she
will safely discharge his/her duties and account for all money and
other property belonging to the City that shall come into his/her
hands by virtue of his/her office.
[CC 1992 §200.030; R.O. 1979 §7.200]
A.
It shall
now be the duty of the Director of Public Safety, as well as all other
Police Officers, to see that all laws, this Code and other ordinances
of the City are duly enforced and, without warrant, to arrest forthwith
and bring before the Municipal Judge any person who, in the presence
of such officer, shall commit any offense against the laws of the
City or State and to promptly execute all warrants and other processes
put in their hands for service and to perform such other duties incident
to the office as may be required by law, this Code or other ordinance
of the City.
B.
It shall
be the duty of the Chief and officers to see that all persons pursuing
any calling or business in the City, for which a permit or license
is required, to take out such permit or license and shall diligently
prosecute all persons for failure to take out such permit or license
or pay the amount thereof.
C.
The Chief
and officers shall, at all times, be diligent in preventing the obstruction
of any and all sidewalks and streets in the City and not allow any
crowd or assembly of persons to obstruct such streets or sidewalks
by gathering thereon, either on the corners of the street or elsewhere
thereon, so as to prevent or discommode persons in traveling on such
street or sidewalk. When the Chief or Police Officers shall command
any such crowd or assembly to disperse and any one (1) or more of
them shall fail to do so, such person or persons shall be immediately
arrested by such officer and taken before the Municipal Judge.
D.
The Chief
and Police Officers of the City shall, at all times, be active and
vigilant in the preservation of good order within the City, shall
suppress all riots and breaches of the peace, shall diligently inquire
into all violations of the ordinances of the City and cause the persons
guilty of such violations to be prosecuted before the proper authorities.
[CC 1992 §200.040; R.O. 1979 §7.300]
The salaries of the Director of Public Safety and Police Officers
shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1992 §200.050; R.O. 1979 §7.400]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully
give false information to a Police Officer.
[CC 1992 §200.070; R.O. 1979 §7.600]
A.
The Director
of Public Safety or his/her designated substitute shall at each regular
meeting of the Board of Aldermen make a written report setting forth
all money collected or received during the preceding months belonging
to the City, together with the names of the persons from whom he/she
received any money and on what account. Such report shall also contain
the listing by category of Police services rendered to the City and
citizens thereof during the preceding months.
B.
Such
report shall be carefully examined by the Board and if found to be
correct, such report shall be approved, the order of approval entered
on the journal of proceedings and such report shall be filed and kept
by the City Clerk.
[CC 1992 §200.080; Ord. No. 523 §§1 — 5, 8-14-1990]
A.
Any Police
Officer of the City of Platte City who has completed the basic Police
training program as established by Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have
the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the boundaries
of the City. The authority set forth herein shall be limited to responses
within the boundaries of Platte County, Missouri.
B.
It shall
be the policy of the City that Police Officers shall not leave the
City inhabitants with inadequate Police protection or be absent for
extended periods of time. No Police Officer shall be required by reason
of this Section to leave the jurisdiction to respond to an emergency
situation. Instead, the Police Officer shall use his/her discretion
and judgment as to the advisability of leaving the City to respond
to an emergency situation.
C.
Every
response to an emergency situation outside of the City shall be reported
in writing within twenty-four (24) hours of such response by the Director
of Public Safety to the Mayor, the Police Commissioner and the City
Administrator. The written report shall state the name of the officer
or agency who requested the officers to leave the City, the time of
departure from the City, the time of arrival back in the City, the
name of the City Official who was notified of the emergency situation,
the nature of the emergency situation, the activities performed by
the responding Platte City Police Officer and any other pertinent
information regarding the response.
D.
As used
in this Section, the term "emergency situation" shall
mean 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 in which 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.
E.
As used
in this Section, the terms "respond" or "response" shall mean to take any and all action which the Police Officer may
lawfully take as if exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.
[Ord. No. 863 §1, 5-30-1996; Ord. No. 1254 §1, 8-27-2002; Ord. No. 1377 §1, 8-11-2004]
The following fees shall be charged for services of the Police
Department:
General Police report, general accident report and driving while
intoxicated report (DWI) each request shall be charged ten cents ($.10)
per page for the photocopy and the average hourly rate for all clerical
staff's research time and time required for making copies.
