[CC 1984 §21-1; Ord. No. 1-7B §§1 — 4, 4-18-1988]
A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms
shall have these prescribed meanings:
EMERGENCY SITUATION
Any situation in which the Law Enforcement 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 and such officer's
response is reasonably necessary to prevent or end such emergency
situation or mitigate the likelihood of injury involved in such emergency
situation. The determination of the existence of any emergency situation
shall be in the discretion of the officer making the response or in
the discretion of an officer or governmental officer of the political
subdivision in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.
MAJOR CASE SQUAD
Formation, operation, organization or cooperative action
between any county Governing Body, any municipal government and the
City for the purpose of intensive professional investigation of a
certain individual crime which may occur in their general geographical
area.
RESPONSE
To take any and all action which the Peace Officer may lawfully
take as if exercising his/her power within his/her own jurisdiction.
B. Emergency Situations. Under an emergency situation, a City
Police Officer, having received minimum training as set forth under
Chapter 590, RSMo., may respond outside his/her jurisdiction and,
acting under the full powers of arrest and authority granted him/her
by the City and under policies and procedures which cover him/her
as a Police Officer for the City, may respond in his/her official
capacity as a Police Officer to any emergency situation.
C. Major Case Squad.
1. Officers of the City Police Department are authorized to participate
and cooperate with any Law Enforcement Officers of jurisdictions in
any major case squad operation or formation. The officers designated
to act as the major case squad operation will so be designated by
the Chief of Police and, when acting outside the City as a member
of the major case squad operation, shall be considered to be on active
duty the same as he/she is acting within the boundaries of the City.
This power shall only be exercised during the time the Peace Officer
is an active member of the active major case squad and only within
the scope of the investigation on which the squad is working.
2. The major case squad shall operate within the City on the request
of the Chief of Police.