[Ord. No. 478 §2, 1984]
Pursuant to Section 85.620, RSMo., there is hereby established in the City of Moline Acres a Police Department which shall consist of the duly appointed Chief of Police, Section 85.610, RSMo., and as many other full- and part-time Police Officers, personnel and employees as necessary for the proper and efficient policing of the City. The Board of Alderpersons in their sole discretion, with the recommendation of the Police Chief, shall determine the number, rates of pay of Police Officers and other employees in said department, and rate of pay of the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 478 §3, 1984]
All officers and other employees of the Police Department shall be employed or discharged by the City of Moline Acres upon approval of the Board of Alderpersons of the City. Prior to such employment or discharge, the Chief of Police shall furnish his/her recommendations, necessary and pertinent, to the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons. No person shall be employed in the Police Department while in arrears for unpaid taxes due the City of Moline Acres or having ever had a felony conviction. Police Department applicants must meet all requirements of the Statutes of the State of Missouri for the position sought; shall be persons of sound physical constitution, capable of performing all duties of Police Officers; shall pass a physical examination by a licensed medical doctor.
[Ord. No. 478 §4, 1984]
All personnel hired or appointed to the Department of Police in accord with this Chapter, to act in a Police capacity shall, before entering upon the duties of their positions, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before the City Clerk that they possess all qualifications prescribed for said positions by law; that they will support the Constitution of the United States and the laws and Constitution of the State of Missouri; the provisions of all laws of the State of Missouri affecting the City of Moline Acres, and the ordinances of the City of Moline Acres, and faithfully demean themselves in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with the City Clerk. Said oath or affirmation shall be an essential condition precedent to assuming office or to the appointment of any such person.
[Ord. No. 478 §5, 1984]
A. 
The Chief of Police shall have the power to suspend any member of the Police Department for any cause which he/she deems sufficient. However, he/she shall immediately report such suspension and reasons therefor to the Mayor. In addition, the Mayor may, upon the vote of a majority of the Board of Alderpersons, suspend or remove from employment any member of the Police Department at will. Any such member may be so removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board of Alderpersons independently of the Mayor or Chief of Police's recommendation or approval for gross inefficiency in office, neglect of duty or for any other cause said Board may deem sufficient.
B. 
Within forty-eight (48) hours after a suspension or removal hereunder, said member of the Police Department may request a hearing to review same and the cause consistent with Section 590.500, RSMo. The Mayor and Board of Alderpersons shall set a hearing in accord with the procedure set forth below.
C. 
The Board of Alderpersons may, on its own motion, hold a hearing to consider suspension or removal of a member of the Police Department.
[Ord. No. 478 §6, 1984]
The Chief of Police shall recommend promotion, demotion or transfer of any member of the Police Department and he/she shall determine the ranks necessary to most efficiently operate the Police Department, all subject to the approval of the Board of Alderpersons.
[Ord. No. 478 §§7 — 14, 1984; Ord. No. 824 §§1 — 2, 6-10-2003]
A. 
The Chief of Police shall, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, have jurisdiction of the management, control and operation of the Police Department but shall at no time incur expenses or obligate the Police Department or the City of Moline Acres for any expenses in excess of appropriation made by the Board of Alderpersons for the operation of the Police Department. The Mayor shall exercise general supervision over the Police Department in accord with Missouri Statutes and the City's ordinances.
B. 
The Chief of Police shall have custody of and be responsible for all books, records, property, weapons, badges, furniture, vehicles, equipment, supplies, evidence and merchandise of the Police Department and shall keep an accurate up-to-date record of same. The Mayor or Board of Alderpersons shall have power, as often as he/she or they may deem it necessary, to require the Chief of Police to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers or records and to make report to the Board of Alderpersons, in writing, touching any matter relating to his/her office, where the same is not in violation of the rules of the Supreme Court.
C. 
The Chief of Police shall direct and have the full responsibility for the good conduct and proper and efficient performance of the duties of the members and employees of the Police Department and provide a proper training program for all Police Department personnel with refresher training at regular intervals, reporting same in writing to the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons.
D. 
In the absence of the Court Clerk, the Chief of Police may collect all fines assessed in the Police Court and pay same over to the City Treasurer and get a receipt therefor.
E. 
At regular intervals, the Chief of Police shall account for and pay over to the City Treasurer all monies and property belonging to the City of Moline Acres which he/she may have collected or which shall in any manner have come into his/her possession unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Alderpersons.
F. 
The Chief of Police shall, unless excused, attend all regular meetings of the Board of Alderpersons and such other meetings requested by the Mayor or the Board of Alderpersons.
G. 
The Chief of Police shall make a monthly report, at the regular meeting, to the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons of all the activities of the Police Department.
H. 
The Chief of Police shall perform such other duties as may be provided by the laws of the State of Missouri and the ordinances of the City of Moline Acres.
I. 
Establishment Of Police Department Evidence Account.
1. 
The Chief of Police of the Moline Acres Police Department is authorized to establish an interest-bearing bank account from the proceeds of any cash presently contained, or subsequently acquired, in the evidence room of the Moline Acres Police Department, subject to appropriate safeguards being implemented to ensure the integrity of the evidence in chain of custody, with any interest earned from such account to be paid into the general revenue account.
2. 
The Chief of Police of the Moline Acres Police Department is authorized to establish procedures for notification of owners of personal property contained in the Moline Acres Police Department evidence room when such items are no longer needed as evidence in any criminal prosecution. Thirty (30) days after such notification, the Chief of Police is authorized to consider such items as abandoned and to offer such surplus items of evidence for sale in such manner as the Chief may determine, with the proceeds of such sale to be paid into the City's general revenue account.
[Ord. No. 478 §15, 1984]
It shall be the duty of the members and employees of the Police Department to obey and be responsible to all rules and regulations adopted, as provided for in this Article of the City of Moline Acres, for the Police Department, and all lawful orders or directives of the Chief of Police, or other officers of the Police Department of superior rank, or the Mayor.
[Ord. No. 478 §16, 1984]
A. 
Pursuant to Section 79.240, RSMo., the following Sections shall regulate the procedure followed in the impeachment and removal of all elected officers, and where the same is deemed advisable by a majority of the Board of Alderpersons, the impeachment and removal of appointed officers:
1. 
All officers, elective and appointive, shall be subject to impeachment under this Section but the procedure hereunder shall not be mandatory or required for the removal of appointive officers.
2. 
When the Mayor and the majority of the Board of Alderpersons of the City shall be satisfied that there is good cause to impeach any officer, they shall cause Articles of Impeachment to be made but in due form against such officer and shall transmit the Articles of Impeachment to the City Attorney or special counsel for action thereon and prosecution thereof.
3. 
The City Attorney or special counsel or other officer or person designated or appointed by the Mayor by and with the concurrence of a majority of the Board of Alderpersons shall act as prosecutor of the Articles of Impeachment, and such prosecutor shall set a time, date and place for hearing upon such articles, which hearing date and place shall be within sixty (60) days after receipt by such prosecutor.
4. 
After the City Attorney or prosecutor shall have set a time, date and place for hearing upon said Articles of Impeachment, he/she shall report said time, date and place to the Mayor, who shall order a copy of Articles of Impeachment, and notice of time, date and place of hearing thereof, to be served upon the accused personally, if he/she can be found; and if he/she cannot be found then by leaving a copy of such Notice of Articles at his/her dwelling, house or usual place of abode with some member of the family above the age of fifteen (15) years.
5. 
The accused shall have thirty (30) days in which to answer to the Articles of Impeachment and when the answer shall be filed, the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons of the City, acting by and through the prosecutor, shall reply thereto. The accused by right shall be entitled to a continuance of at least ten (10) days. Additional time may be granted with the approval of the prosecutor.
6. 
If the accused shall not appear after being notified, or after appearing shall fail to answer, the Board of Alderpersons may proceed ex parte.
7. 
The Board of Alderpersons of the City of Moline Acres is constituted as a Board of Impeachment for the hearing upon such Articles of Impeachment. A majority of the members of the Board of Alderpersons shall constitute a quorum for such purpose. The Mayor shall be Presiding Officer of the Board of Impeachment and in the event the Mayor is unavailable or unable to serve, the Board of Alderpersons shall elect a Presiding Officer from among their number.
8. 
Grounds for impeachment shall be the commission of a crime, misconduct, habitual drunkenness, willful neglect of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, any offense involving moral turpitude or oppression in office.
9. 
At the time and place appointed for trial, and before proceeding therein, some person authorized by law so to do shall administer to the members of the Board of Alderpersons an oath or affirmation impartially to try and determine the charges and to do justice according to the law and the evidence; and no member shall sit or give his/her vote as a member of the Board of Impeachment until he/she shall have taken such oath or affirmation.
10. 
The members being sworn, the Board of Alderpersons, sitting as a Board of Impeachment, shall proceed to hear, try and determine such impeachment and may adjourn the trial to another time; and the Board shall determine all questions of law arising during the trial upon the admissibility of evidence, the competency of witnesses, or otherwise, and may punish any person for contempt committed toward it, or for obstructing the administration of justice on such trial, in as full a manner as any court of record could do for like contempt towards such court, except as otherwise provided herein, or in amendments hereto, the rules of evidence and procedure applicable in civil actions in the Circuit Courts of this State shall be followed in all trials of impeachment.
11. 
If any officer shall be impeached, or if investigation shall be instituted or ordered with a view towards impeachment of such officer, he/she shall be immediately suspended from exercising his/her office, but in no event shall such suspension be effective without impeachment being instituted within thirty (30) days from date of suspension. In the case of Police Officers, salaries may be suspended at this discretion of the Chief of Police.
12. 
In all such trials as under such Articles of Impeachment, the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself/herself and his/her counsel, and all matters relating to procedure and the conduct of the trial shall be determined by a majority vote of the Board of Alderpersons and shall be entered and made a part of the record of the proceeding; judgment or sentence of conviction and removal from office shall be given with the approval or recommendation of the Mayor, upon a majority vote of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons. Independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation, such judgment or sentence shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons.
[Ord. No. 478 §17, 1984]
The drinking of any intoxicating liquor by any member or employee of the Police Department while on duty is hereby prohibited. Any member or employee violating this regulation shall be subject to suspension or dismissal from service.
[Ord. No. 478 §18, 1984]
A. 
Full- and part-time members of the Police Department shall be selected and shall serve on a non-partisan basis and shall not engage in any political campaigning or activity whatsoever on behalf of any candidate or candidates for public office in the City of Moline Acres while so employed.
B. 
Nothing herein shall prohibit a member's advocacy of his/her personal candidacy for elective public office. However, any such employee candidate is hereby required to take a leave of absence without compensation during candidacy for public office in any election involving the voters, or any of them, within the City of Moline Acres. If elected, he/she shall not be eligible to continue employment by this City while holding such public office. Such leaves of absence shall commence and terminate only upon approval of the Board of Alderpersons.
[Ord. No. 478 §§22 — 23, 1984]
A. 
The Chief of Police and other officers of the Police Department shall be conservators of the peace and shall be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order within the City of Moline Acres. Police Officers shall also serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs, orders or other process lawfully placed in their hands for service.
B. 
It is hereby expressly made the duty of all members of the Police Department to acquaint themselves and to be familiar with the ordinances of the City of Moline Acres. They shall be alert at all times to detect obstructions and defects in any street, sidewalk or public place, the maintenance of any nuisance, the construction or alteration of any building or other activity where a permit or license is required by ordinance, traffic violations, the violation of the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquor or non-intoxicating beer, disturbance of the peace or disorderly conduct and the violation of any other provisions of the ordinances of the City of Moline Acres. They shall make arrests as may be provided for in this Article or other ordinances of the City of Moline Acres, or in the laws of the State of Missouri and shall report violations to the Chief of Police, who shall in proper cases promptly report the same to the appropriate department of the City Government for action.
[Ord. No. 701 §§1 — 4, 3-9-1999]
A. 
Position Established. There is hereby created and established the position of Police Clerk for the Moline Acres Police Department.
B. 
Supervised — By Whom. The person employed as Police Clerk shall be under the general supervision of the Police Department's supervisor or City Administrator.
C. 
Duties. The Police Clerk's duties shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. 
Coordinates the office operations of the department.
2. 
Develops and maintains office forms and procedures.
3. 
Assists public in payment of fines and bonds.
4. 
Monitors prisoners by closed circuit television.
5. 
Verifies with other Police agencies of active warrants, activate and cancel warrants for courts; maintains and develops accurate reports and warrant records.
6. 
Assists and relieves Court Clerk and Assistant Court Clerk during work hours and court nights.
7. 
Retrieves court records and Police records during court and trials.
8. 
Enters arrest records and processes for mailing to County processors.
9. 
All other general office duties not listed as may arise.
D. 
Salary. The Police Clerk's salary shall be paid as follows:
1. 
From zero (0) to six (6) months, twenty thousand eight hundred dollars ($20,800.00) annually.
2. 
From six (6) to twelve (12) months, twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-six dollars eighty cents ($22,276.80) annually.
3. 
From twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars ($22,800.00) annually.
4. 
From eighteen (18) to twenty-four (24) months, twenty-three thousand two hundred fifty six dollars ($23,256.00) annually.
[Ord. No. 478 §25, 1984]
A. 
The rate of pay for all ranks shall be determined by the Board of Alderpersons and be part of the overall Police budget:
1. 
Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall hold the rank of Colonel. He/she shall be the Chief Law Enforcement Official of the City of Moline Acres. He/she shall be responsible for the supervision and training of the Police Department, and its personnel, and shall have all other powers and duties as set forth in Section 200.110 of this Chapter.
2. 
Captain and/or Lieutenant. The Captain and/or Lieutenant shall be second (2nd) in command and shall exercise the duties of the Chief of Police in his/her absence. He/she shall perform all other duties delegated to this rank or assigned by the Chief of Police. This rank shall be limited to one (1).
3. 
Sergeant. The Sergeant shall supervise the operational functions of the Police Department and supervise all personnel under him/her. He/she shall perform all other duties assigned by the Chief of Police. This rank shall be limited to two (2).
4. 
Corporal. The Corporal shall perform all duties of supervision assigned them by the Chief of Police and shall assume the duties of a Sergeant in their absence. This rank shall be limited to two (2).
5. 
Detective. When necessary this rank shall be filled from the patrol ranks and shall perform such duties of investigation as assigned by the Chief of Police.
B. 
The Chief of Police may at his/her discretion convene a Board of three, (3) officers with the rank of Lieutenant or above to aid him/her in the promotion of this department's personnel. These three (3) officers will be picked from departments in the County or City.
[Ord. No. 718 §§II — III, 7-13-1999]
A. 
Holiday pay shall be paid to the Chief of Police and to those full-time officers who work holiday shifts as designated by the Chief of Police or the acting supervisor. The additional compensation shall be the equivalent of eight (8) hours pay at the then applicable rate for the individual officer.
B. 
Holidays for which additional compensation shall be allowed shall be New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (July 4th), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Friday after, and Christmas Day.