[CC §§30.20 — 30.22; Ord.
No. 32, 12-16-1974]
A.
The
City of St. John hereby contracts respectively and separately with
the Cities of Overland, Woodson Terrace and the Village of Breckenridge
Hills for certain common police services under the terms and conditions
herein contained.
B.
Effective Date. The contract shall become effective with
respect to each Municipality named, upon the passage of a like ordinance
authorizing such contract by such Municipality.
C.
Duration of Contract. This contract, insofar as it is applicable
to any particular Municipality, may be terminated at any time by any
party hereto thirty (30) days after service upon the Clerks of the
other contracting Municipalities of a certified copy of an ordinance
terminating this contract as to such Municipality.
[CC §30.23; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
A.
The
members of the Police Forces of the contracting Municipalities shall
respond to requests for assistance within the boundary limits of any
other contracting Municipality under the following circumstances:
1.
At the request of any Police Officer in an emergency and on approval
of the ranking officer then on duty in the Municipality requested
to lend assistance, provided that such prior approval shall not be
required where, in the judgment of the assisting Officer, delay might
endanger human life.
2.
By agreement from time to time of the heads of the Police Departments
of the Municipalities affected, where the Municipality requesting
assistance has reason to believe that such Municipality's Police Forces
are not sufficient for the preservation of peace and good order in
such Municipality.
[CC §30.24; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
It shall be the duties of members of the Police Force of the City of St. John to perform police services in any Municipality that is a party to this contract when requested and authorized to do so in the manner provided by Section 200.020 hereof.
[CC §30.25; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
Each Police Officer performing services in any other Municipality
in accordance with the terms of this contract shall have all of the
powers, rights, privileges, duties and immunities of the members of
the Police Force of the Municipality requesting assistance, but shall
remain in the employment and under the direction, supervision and
control of the proper officers and authorities of their own respective
Municipality.
[CC §30.26; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
Consideration for this contract shall be the mutual agreements
of the parties hereto and no compensation shall be paid by any participating
Municipality to any other.
[CC §30.27; Ord. No. 32, 12-16-1974]
Equipment and property utilized in carrying out the common police
services provided by this contract shall be at the risk of the Municipality
owning the same, and any loss or damage thereto shall be borne by
such owner Municipality, provided that nothing herein contained shall
be construed to limit the liability of any Municipality or of its
agents, servants or employees arising out of tortious conduct.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Section 200.070, Police Service
Agreement With St. Louis County, which derived from CC § 30.28;
Ord. No. 104, 3-7-1977, was repealed 3-21-2016 by § 1 of Ord.
No. 1082.
[CC §30.29; Ord. No. 115, 11-7-1977]
The City of St. John contracts with the St. Louis County Office
of Civil Preparedness for mutual-aid.
