[Ord. No. 510 §2, 4-12-1982]
The Mayor with the consent and approval of a majority of the
Board of Aldermen shall henceforth appoint a Chief of Police who shall
perform all duties required of the Chief of Police by law.
The Mayor with the approval of a majority of the members of
the Board of Aldermen shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall perform
all duties required of the Chief of Police by law and any other Police
Officers found by the Board of Aldermen to be necessary for the good
government of the City. The Chief of Police shall be twenty-one (21)
years of age or older.
[Ord. No. 370 Ch. 3 §51, 12-9-1963]
The Mayor by and with the consent and approval of the Board
of Aldermen shall appoint the Police of the City of King City and
such Police Officers so appointed shall serve for such times and in
such manner a shall be prescribed by the Mayor, by and with the approval
of the Board of Aldermen.
The Police of the City may be appointed in such numbers, for
such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. They
shall have power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs
or other process and to make arrests in the same manner as the Chief
of Police. They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned
by the municipality outside of the boundaries of such municipality.
The Chief of Police and Policemen shall be conservators of the peace
and shall be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order
within the City.
The Board of Aldermen of the City may by ordinance enter into
a contract or agreement with any other political subdivision for the
provision of Police services by one political subdivision to another
on request as provided for in Section 70.815, RSMo. The terms "Chief of Police", "Police", "Police Officer" and "Police Department", as used herein, shall refer
to Law Enforcement Officers of the contracting entity.
