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.
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.
[Ord. No. 209, 10-24-2007]
A. There is hereby created a Department of Police within the City of
Oregon, Missouri.
B. The Department of Police shall consist of a Chief of Police and zero
(0) to three (3) patrolmen.
C. The work week of each officer and patrolman of the Police Department
shall be zero (0) hours to forty (40) hours per week. The Chief of
Police shall prepare a work schedule for each man subject to the approval
of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
D. 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.