[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.
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.
