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City of Billings, MO
Christian County
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[Ord. No. 767 §I, 10-13-1993]
The City of Billings has entered into an agreement with the combined Ozarks Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Team. This gives the Chief of Police and his/her staff, who are working in cooperation with other Counties and Cities, the authority to participate in this combined Ozarks Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Team.
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Any Police Officer of the City of Billings shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the City boundaries when the emergency situation arises within the County of Christian or any adjacent County or municipality which has a mutual-aid agreement with the City of Billings.
B. 
Any Police Officer of the City of Billings shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the City boundaries when an emergency situation arises within any political subdivision that also has authorized its Police Officers to respond to emergency situations arising within the County of Christian or municipality which has a mutual-aid agreement with the City of Billings.
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Deputies of the Christian County Sheriff's Department, Christian County, Missouri, are hereby authorized to respond to any emergency situation arising in the City of Billings, Missouri, after receiving a request for assistance from the Billings Police Department or one (1) of its Law Enforcement Officers when a mutual-aid agreement is in effect.
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Police Officers of any political subdivision that has authorized its Police Officers to respond within the County of Christian are also hereby authorized to respond to any emergency situation arising in the City of Billings, Missouri, after receiving a request for assistance from the Billings Police Department or one (1) of its Law Enforcement Officers when a mutual-aid agreement is in effect.
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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 City in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.
POLICE OFFICER
An officer who has completed the basic Police Training Program promulgated by Chapter 590, RSMo.
RESPOND
To take any and all action which the Police Officer may lawfully take as if exercising his/her powers within the jurisdiction of his/her employing City or County.