[Ord. No. 98 § 1, 5-10-2005]
There is hereby created a Department of Police within the City
of Ellsinore, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 98 § 2, 5-10-2005]
The Department of Police shall consist of a Chief of Police
and the number of deputies shall be based on current need.
[Ord. No. 98 § 3, 5-10-2005]
The work week of each officer of the Police Department shall
be based on current need and availability of funds. The Chief of Police
shall prepare a work schedule for each officer subject to the approval
of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 98 § 4, 5-10-2005]
The compensation of the Chief of Police shall be set by the
Board of Aldermen within a range of the minimum wage allowed by the
State of Missouri to an amount deemed reasonable and affordable, payable
weekly.
[Ord. No. 98 § 5, 5-10-2005]
The compensation of the deputies shall be set by the Board of
Aldermen within a range of the minimum wage allowed by the State of
Missouri to an amount deemed reasonable and affordable, payable weekly.
[Ord. No. 98 § 6, 5-10-2005]
The Chief shall, subject to approval of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen, promulgate such rules and regulations for the proper
operation of the Department as shall be deemed necessary and not inconsistent
with law.
[Ord. No. 83 §§ I
— II, 12-12-1995]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 70.820, RSMo., the regular
Peace Officers and Reserve Officers are hereby authorized to make
emergency response, provide mutual aid and assistance outside the
City of Ellsinore in the County of Carter when such emergency or need
for mutual aid and assistance is required or requested.
B.
Accordingly, under the aforementioned Section, the Carter County
Peace Officers and Reserve Officers are hereby authorized to make
emergency response and provide mutual aid and assistance within the
City of Ellsinore and to utilize the City traffic and criminal ordinances
whenever such emergency or need for mutual aid and assistance is required
or requested.
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 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 Marshal.
They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned by the municipality
outside of the boundaries of such municipality. The Marshal and Police Officers
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.
