[R.O. 2006 § 200.010]
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 Marshal 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. The Chief of Police shall be an employee at will and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and 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.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.025]
No person shall be hired as a Police Officer who is not certified as a Peace Officer by the Department of Public Safety.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.030; Ord. No. 21.810 § 1, 9-17-1996]
A. 
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.
B. 
The Chief of Police of the City of Greenfield and his/her officers and staff, who are working in cooperation with other law enforcement officers or agencies pursuant to a contract or agreement with any political subdivision shall have the authority to participate in major case squads or drug task forces.
[Ord. No. 7-2007 §§ 1 — 2, 12-18-2007]
A. 
The City of Greenfield, Missouri hereby approves, accepts and adopts as a guideline for the Police Department the terms and provisions of the Meadowbrook Insurance Group Law Enforcement Risk Reduction Manual as set forth above.
B. 
A copy of the manual as adopted shall be placed on file in the Police Department of the City to be kept and maintained by the Chief of Police.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.040; CC 1975 § 70.010]
There is hereby established a Fire Department for the City, which shall consist of a Fire Chief and such organized volunteer firemen as may be enrolled by the Chief with the consent of the Mayor.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.050; CC 1975 § 70.020]
A. 
The Fire Department shall have charge of the fire apparatus and for more effectually perfecting the firemen in discharge of their duties shall as often as practicable thoroughly test the condition of the fire fighting apparatus. Upon arrival at any fire, the members present shall take all necessary and proper action to extinguish such fire as quickly as possible and with the least damage possible. The Department shall take all reasonable steps necessary under the circumstances to prevent the spread of the fire and damage to adjoining property.
B. 
City employees shall maintain the fire equipment and keep the same in good order for immediate use between fire calls.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.060; CC 1975 § 70.030]
If there are two (2) serviceable fire trucks with adequate equipment and a request is received for fire fighting equipment outside the City limits, the Fire Chief may determine whether to answer such request depending upon the road conditions, water supply and other conditions at the time, and his/her decision shall be final. The decision of the Fire Chief shall in no way subject him/her to liability. In the event the Fire Department answers the call, it shall take only the older truck and not more than one-half (1/2) of the available members of the Department. The Fire Department shall not answer rural fire calls, but only calls to fight fires within the business district of neighboring Cities.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.066; Ord. No. 13-2000, 11-7-2000]
A. 
The City, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, may enter into a written agreement with the Dade County R-4 Rural Fire Protection District to provide fire protection services within the City of Greenfield, Missouri.
B. 
The City, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, may lease City owned fire equipment to the Dade County R-4 Rural Fire Protection District on condition that the District shall provide adequate casualty and liability insurance and maintain the equipment during the term of the lease.
C. 
Upon execution of a written agreement with the Dade County R-4 Rural Fire Protection District for fire protection services within the City of Greenfield, Missouri, the District Chief shall become acting Chief of the City of Greenfield, Missouri Fire Department and shall have all authority granted to the Chief of the Fire Department under the Municipal Code of the City of Greenfield, Missouri.
The Fire Chief of the Dade County R-4 Rural Fire Protection District shall serve as Fire Chief of the City of Greenfield.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.080; CC 1975 § 70.050]
A. 
It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief to examine and report quarterly to the Mayor the condition of the Department and its equipment and to recommend such alterations and additions and changes as the Department may in his/her judgment require. It shall also be his/her duty to ascertain and report to the Mayor the condition and efficiency of the Fire Department and if the Department fails to observe and enforce its rules and regulations so as to impair its efficiency to report the same, with such suggestions as he/she may deem most appropriate.
1. 
The Fire Chief shall examine all buildings and all places where explosives and inflammable materials are kept in the City and report their condition at least once a year to the Mayor, and the Fire Chief is hereby authorized to enter any and all buildings and places for the purpose of inspecting same.
2. 
The Fire Chief shall enforce the provisions of Chapter 203 of this Title.
3. 
The Fire Chief shall from time to time report to the Mayor the condition of fire escapes on public buildings and on other buildings required by law to be provided with fire escapes.
4. 
He/she shall keep an inventory of all the City Fire Department's property and equipment and report the same to the Mayor at least once a year.
5. 
He/she shall keep informed and make a report as to the condition of the City water supply and fireplugs.
6. 
He/she shall keep the Department in good condition and at all times ready for inspection.
7. 
In the exercise of these duties, the Fire Chief may delegate to other department members such responsibilities as in his/her judgment may be required.
[R.O. 2006 § 200.110; CC 1975 § 70.090]
A. 
The Fire Chief shall have full power, control and command over all persons at a fire, excepting only City Police Officers on duty. He/she shall station the fire apparatus and see to it that all persons belonging to the Fire Department perform the duties required of them. It shall also be the duty of the Fire Chief to direct at all fires such measures as he/she shall deem advisable for the extinguishment and control of such fires.
B. 
The Fire Chief of the Fire Department of this City is an acting Police Officer while on duty and has full authority to detain, direct or arrest any person who maliciously obstructs him/her in the service of his/her duty and to arrest any person who may be pilfering, carrying away or stealing anything in time of fire, storms, tornadoes and flood.