[R.O. 2004 § 200.010; Ord. No. 419 § 2(10-8), 8-3-1998]
The Police Department of the City of Bourbon
shall consist of the Chief of Police, all regular Police Officers
of the City of Bourbon, all reserve Police Officers of the City of
Bourbon, and all other City employees that may from time to time be
assigned to the Department by the Board of Aldermen. The Police Department
of the City of Bourbon shall function as the Police force of the City
of Bourbon.
[R.O. 2004 §§ 200.030, 215.050; Ord. No. 419 § 5(10-15), 8-3-1998; Ord. No. 482 § 6, 10-17-2000]
A. The Chief of Police shall keep an arrested offender
in a proper place to prevent his/her escape until a trial can be had
before the proper officer, unless such offender shall give a good
and sufficient bond or other recognizance to assure his/her appearance
at the place and time for which his/her trial is set.
B. The Chief of Police shall have the power to at all
times make or order an arrest, with proper process and within the
City limits of the City of Bourbon for any offense against the laws
and ordinances of the City of Bourbon.
C. Acting Chief. During sickness, absence from the City
or other temporary disability, the Mayor shall designate a member
of the Police Department to act in the stead of the Chief of Police
and perform his/her duties.
[Ord. No. 674, 6-17-2014]
D. General Duties Of Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 674, 6-17-2014]
1.
The Chief of Police shall familiarize himself
with and obey all ordinances and recorded orders of the Board of Aldermen.
He/she shall see that no violations of same are tolerated. He/she
shall supervise the enforcement of all City ordinances, the enforcement
of which is not vested in other City officers or employees. He/she
shall make written monthly reports to the Board of Aldermen on the
activities of the Police Department.
2.
The Chief of Police shall report any unusual
activity within the City or the Police Department as soon as possible
to the Mayor or City Clerk, whom shall then inform the Board of Aldermen.
3.
The Chief of Police shall keep a record of his/her
acts and orders and shall file in his/her office all petitions, documents
and papers belonging thereto. Copies of such records, petitions, documents
and papers, when certified by him/her, shall be prima facie evidence
in any court of the facts therein contained.
[R.O. 2004 § 200.050; Ord. No. 412 § 17(10-16), 3-17-1998]
A. The term of the appointment of such regular Police
Officers shall be upon such conditions and length as the Board of
Aldermen may prescribe; and the Board of Aldermen shall have the power
to fix the compensation of all Police Officers so appointed.
B. The starting salary of a Bourbon Police Officer shall
be twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per hour. After six (6)
months of documented progress, the officer's salary will be raised
to thirteen dollars ($13.00) per hour. After an additional six (6)
months of documented progress, the officer's salary will be raised
to thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per hour. Any additional
salary increases would be given at the beginning of the fiscal year
and based upon the officer's written performance evaluation and the
approval of the majority of members of the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No 682, 9-16-2014; Ord. No. 725, 9-20-2016]
C. All part-time Police Officers of the City of Bourbon
will be compensated at thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per
hour. The part-time Police Officers' total hours worked shall not
exceed thirty (30) hours within a pay period. Part-time Police Officers
will not be eligible for City-offered benefits, such as holiday pay,
sick pay, vacation pay, family medical leave and health benefits.
[Ord. No 682, 9-16-2014; Ord. No. 725, 9-20-2016]
[R.O. 2004 § 200.060; Ord. No. 412 § 18(10-17), 3-17-1998; Ord. No. 419 § 6(10-17), 8-3-1998]
A. The Mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority
of the Board of Aldermen, shall have the power to appoint persons
as reserve Police Officers.
B. Such reserve Police Officers shall serve without compensation.
C. Such reserve Police Officers, unless certified as
a Peace Officer under the provisions of Chapter 590, RSMo., shall
have no power of arrest and, unless certified as a Peace Officer under
the provisions of Chapter 590, RSMo., must be under the direct supervision
of a certified Peace Officer of the City of Bourbon at all times while
on duty.
[R.O. 2004 § 200.070; Ord. No. 412 § 19(10-18), 3-17-1998]
Each person appointed to be a regular or reserve
Police Officer of the City of Bourbon shall, before entering upon
the duties of Police Officer, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation
before the City Clerk that he/she possesses all of the qualifications
prescribed by such office by law; that he/she shall support the Constitution
of the United States and of the State of Missouri, the provisions
of all laws of this State affecting Cities of the Fourth Class and
the ordinances of the City of Bourbon, Missouri, and shall faithfully
demean himself/herself while in office; which official oath or affirmation
shall be filed with the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2004 § 200.080; Ord. No.
317 §§ 1 — 5, 3-24-1987]
A. Any full-time Police Officer of the City of Bourbon,
Missouri, who 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.
B. No Police Officer shall be required by reasons of
this Section to leave the jurisdiction to respond to an emergency
situation, but said Police Officer shall use his/her discretion and
judgment as to leaving the City to respond to any emergency situation.
It shall be the policy of the City that said Police Officers shall
not leave the City inhabitants with inadequate police protection or
be absent for extended periods of time, but that the response shall
be in aid of and to assist any governmental authority in which the
emergency situation is located.
C. The authority contained herein shall permit the response
by one (1) or more City Police Officers in an area surrounding this
municipality with a radius of ten (10) miles. The Chief of Police
may in his/her discretion authorize additional response beyond this
area. The governing body of the political subdivision in which the
emergency situation is alleged to be occurring shall have first authorized
such response by ordinance, order, or other ruling.
D. Every response to an emergency situation outside of
the City shall be reported by the Chief of Police to the Mayor with
an explanation of the reason for the response.
E. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following
terms shall mean:
EMERGENCY SITUATION
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 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.
RESPONSE
To take any and all action which the officer may lawfully
take as if exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.
F. In addition to the powers prescribed in this Section,
Section 544.216, RSMo., and any other arrest powers, a Police Officer
may arrest on view, and without a warrant, at any place within this
state, any person the officer sees asserting physical force or using
forcible compulsion for the purpose of causing or creating a substantial
risk of death or serious physical injury to any person, or any person
the officer sees committing a dangerous felony as defined in Section
556.061, RSMo. Any such action shall be deemed to be within the scope
of the officer's employment.