[R.O. 1992 § 200.010; CC § 200.010; Ord. No. 4, 8-16-1954]
The Police Department of the City may be appointed in such numbers, for such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.020]
The Police Chief and Policemen duly appointed shall have those powers granted to Police Officers of a Fourth Class City by the State of Missouri.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.030; CC § 200.040; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964]
Each Police Officer shall receive such compensation for his/her services as is set forth in appropriate ordinances.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.050; CC § 200.090; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964; Ord. No. 76, 2-17-1972; Ord. No. 1009, 11-18-2021]
The Police Chief shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Board. While residency within the City limits is not required, the Police Chief must live within twenty-five (25) miles of the Wright City Police Department building. Residency as provided above must be established within one (1) year after appointment and maintained at all times thereafter.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.060; CC § 200.110; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964]
The Police Chief shall attend all meetings of the Board of Aldermen in person or by deputy, wait upon the Board while in session and strictly obey all orders and mandates of the Board.
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Editor's Note: Original R.O. 1992 § 200.070, Police Chief To Attend Board Of Health, was repealed by the City during the 2021 recodification project.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.080; CC § 200.140; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964; Ord. No. 1032, 11-10-2022[1]]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALPR
Automated license plate readers are high-speed, computer-controlled camera systems that are typically mounted on street poles, streetlights, highway overpasses, mobile trailers, or attached to police squad cars. ALPRs automatically capture all license plate numbers that come into view, along with other data such as the type of vehicle and sometimes its driver and passengers, the location, date, and time. The data is uploaded to and stored on a central server.
IMPROPER USE or ACCESS
Use or access of the APLR system outside of legitimate law enforcement uses or by unauthorized personnel.
WCPD
The Wright City Police Department.
B. 
ALPR Display And Use Reporting. ALPR use by the WCPD shall be governed by the following:
1. 
Any ALPR used by the WCPD must have a surveillance notification sign displayed on or near the device.
2. 
Upon activation of an ALPR, a dashboard must be added to the City website, linked from the ALPR service-provided transparency dashboard, containing at minimum the following information:
a. 
What information is detected;
b. 
Data retention time frame;
c. 
Number of ALPR devices in the City;
d. 
Hotlists the WCPD is alerted on by the ALPR;
e. 
External organizations that have access to data collected by ALPR devices located within the City;
f. 
Number of vehicles detected in the last thirty (30) days;
g. 
Hotlist hits in the last thirty (30) days; and
h. 
Searches in the last thirty (30) days.
Note: There may be times when the transparency dashboard is inadvertently offline while the ALPRs continue to function; however, the transparency dashboard will update after coming back online to include any data from the cameras at that time to include data from during the time the dashboard was down.
3. 
The Police Chief should inform the Board of the situation immediately if data meeting the following criteria has been the subject of improper use or access:
a. 
Data that was collected by an ALPR device owned or leased by and located within the City; or
b. 
Data that was collected by an ALPR outside the City, but improperly accessed or used by the WCPD.
4. 
If the subject of the data in question is confidential in accordance Section 610.021 or 610.100, RSMo., it will be shared with the Board only and be added to the next Executive Session as appropriate.
C. 
Annual ALPR Usage Review. The Police Chief shall present an annual review of the use of ALPR devices to the Board of Aldermen prior to ALPR contract renewal.
1. 
The review, should include, but not be limited to, the following information:
a. 
How ALPR has been used, how frequently, and whether usage patterns are changing over time;
b. 
How often ALPR data are being shared with other entities, including other governments in particular;
c. 
How well data management protocols outlined in WCPD Policy and Procedure Manual General Order 22-002 are safeguarding individual information;
d. 
A summary of any complaints or concerns received by or known by the WCPD about their ALPR technology and results of any internal audits or other assessments of code and policy compliance;
e. 
Total annual costs for use of ALPR technology, including personnel and other ongoing costs; and
f. 
Total annual number of cases ALPR technology has been used in, including number of man-hours involved in each case with estimated personnel costs versus pre-ALPR technology averages.
2. 
After Board review and approval, the report or summary thereof shall be published in the local newspaper.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1032 also changed the title of this Section from "Monthly And Annual Police Reports" to "Automated License Plate Readers; Use and Reporting."
[R.O. 1992 § 200.090; CC § 200.150; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964]
The Chief of Police may appoint one (1) or more Policemen, with the approval of the Mayor and Board, and every such appointment, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, shall be filed with the City Clerk for safekeeping; and said Policemen shall, after taking the oath of office, possess all the powers, and may perform any and all the duties of the Chief.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.100; CC § 200.160; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964]
The Police Department shall see that the streets are kept free from all encumbrances that may inconvenience the public. The Police shall also give special attention to the sidewalks and footways of the City, and when they have knowledge of a break or hole in any bridge or sidewalk under exclusive charge of the City or dangerous or defective condition thereof, embracing those around churches or other public property, street or alley crossings and those around public squares shall be reported at once to the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.110; CC § 200.170; Ord. No. 6, 3-12-1964]
When any citizen shall notify the Police, or the Police has knowledge of a break or hole in any sidewalk or dangerous or defective condition thereof in front or alongside of any store, shop, dwelling or alongside of any property in the City, the Police shall at once notify the owner, occupier or agent to repair such walk which may be defective in front of or alongside of property owned or occupied by them, or of which they are agents, under penalty of this Code.
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Editor's Note: Original R.O. 1992 § 200.120, Excessive Force During Non-Violent Civil Rights Demonstrations Prohibited, which was added 4-28-1994 by Ord. No. 274, was repealed by the City during the 2021 recodification project.
[R.O. 1992 § 200.125; Ord. No. 430 § 1, 8-14-2003]
A. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following words shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER
Any person, firm or corporation that sells or leases and/or installs emergency alarm systems in the City of Wright City, Missouri.
ALARM USER
The resident or commercial establishment protected by an emergency alarm system.
AUTOMATIC DIALING DEVICE
An electrically operated instrument composed of sensory apparatus and related hardware which automatically sends over regular telephone lines, by direct connection or otherwise, a pre-recorded voice alarm upon receipt of a stimulus from the sensory apparatus that has detected a physical force or condition inherently characteristic of a fire or unauthorized intrusion.
EMERGENCY ALARM
Any device which, when actuated by a criminal act, fire, unauthorized intrusion or other emergency, transmits a pre-recorded message or other signal by telephone, radio or other means to a central station, modified central station, licensed answering service.
FALSE ALARM
Any emergency alarm which is actuated by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional act to which the Police Department responds, including alarms caused by the malfunction of the alarm system, except that the following shall not be considered false alarms:
a. 
Alarms caused by an act of God such as earthquakes, flood, windstorm, thunder or lightning.
b. 
Alarms caused by an attempted illegal entry of which there is visible evidence.
c. 
Alarms intentionally caused by the resident acting under a sincere belief that a need exists to call the Police Department.
B. 
Signaling Devices And Automatic Dialing Devices. All automatic dialing devices shall be installed on a separate telephone line. No such devices shall be keyed to any telephone line of the Wright City Police Department.
C. 
Local Alarms.
1. 
Limits On Operation. All emergency alarm systems equipped with any exterior sound-producing device, including, but not limited to, gongs, buzzers, sirens, bells or horns shall be equipped with a time device which limits the operation of such exterior sound-producing device to fifteen (15) minutes, except that commercial installations shall be allowed thirty (30) minutes.
D. 
Emergency Alarm Installations.
1. 
Operational Requirements. All emergency alarm systems shall be subject to the following operational requirements:
a. 
The sensory mechanism used in connection with such alarms must be adjusted to the degree reasonably possible to suppress false indications of fire or intrusion so that alarms will not be actuated by natural phenomena including, but not limited to, transient pressure change in water pipes, short flashes of light, wind noises or exterior pressure change such as rattling or vibration of windows or sonic booms and vehicular noise adjacent to the installation.
b. 
The alarm user shall be responsible for maintaining the system in good repair to ensure reliability of operation.
c. 
The alarm user shall also be responsible for seeing that the system is not misused.
E. 
False Alarms Service Charge.
1. 
There will be no charge for the response of the Police Department to the first and second false alarms during each calendar year. All subsequent false alarms during such year to which the Wright City Police Department responds shall result in the following service charges to the alarm user:
a. 
Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for third such false alarm;
b. 
Fifty dollars ($50.00) for the fourth such false alarm; and
c. 
Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each additional false alarm within such year.
2. 
Refusal to pay any fee service charge or penalty charged by the City within a period of thirty (30) days shall be considered a violation of this Section.
F. 
Non-liability Of District. The City shall not be liable for any defects in operation of automatic dialing devices and signal line systems, for any failure or neglect to respond appropriately upon receipt of an alarm from such a source, nor for the failure or neglect of any person with a license issued pursuant to this Section. In the event that the City finds it necessary to disconnect an emergency alarm system, the City shall incur no liability by such action.