A.
Any person who is elected to his/her first term as City Marshal in
a general election or in a special election in any Fourth Class City
of this State shall, within six (6) months of such election, cause
to be filed with the City Clerk of the City and Director of the Department
of Public Safety proof that he/she has completed the training program
formulated pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., or some other comparable
training program of not less than one hundred twenty (120) hours'
instruction approved by the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
If the newly elected City Marshal is unable to complete the training
program within six (6) months due to the proper course not being available
from the Department of Public Safety, an extension may be granted
until such a course is made available.
B.
Whether any person elected to his/her first term as City Marshal
attends such a training program prior to or after assuming the duties
of his/her office shall be left to the discretion of the Board of
Aldermen of the City from which he/she was elected. During the time
that a Marshal-elect is enrolled in such a training program, he/she
shall be hired as a City employee and receive as full compensation
from the City from which he/she was elected, compensation at a rate
equal to that of City Marshal.
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.
Persons licensed and commissioned as Law Enforcement Officers
within the City before July 1, 2002, may retain licensure with one
hundred twenty (120) hours of basic training.
[R.O. 2007 § 200.040; Ord. No.
90-2, 2-8-1990; Ord. No. 93-3, 5-17-1993]
Effective the 17th day of May, 1993, no person shall be employed
or appointed as a full-time Police Officer possessing the duty and
power to enforce the general criminal laws of the State and ordinances
of the City of Pineville, Missouri, unless such person meets all qualifications
and requirements for certification by the Director of the Department
of Public Safety as that term is defined under Chapter 590, RSMo.,
and has completed the training and successfully passed such tests
as then required by the Director of Public Safety for the State of
Missouri as that term is defined under Chapter 590, RSMo., prior to
employment or, if applicable, prior to appointment.
