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MO Rev Stat § 84.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.030 - Police commissioners, appointment — term of office — vacancies.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   84.030. Police commissioners, appointment — term of office — vacancies. — Beginning on January 9, 1989, the governor of the state of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the four commissioners provided for in section 84.020, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of one year; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of two years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of three years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years. Their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four years, and said commissioners shall hold office for their term of appointment and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy in said board for any cause whatsoever, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term, in the same manner as in the case of original appointments. The governor shall issue commissions to the persons so appointed, designating the time for which they are appointed in case the appointment is to fill an unexpired term occasioned by death, resignation or any other cause, and whenever the term of office of any commissioner expires, the appointment of his successor shall be for four years. The commissioners now holding offices under existing laws in any city of this state to which sections 84.010 to 84.340 apply are to hold their offices until the expiration of their terms, and their successors are duly appointed and qualified. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7690, A.L. 1987 H.B. 661)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7542; 1919 § 8952; 1909 § 9804  (1993) Where state has legally retained control over St. Louis City police force, federal court is not proper forum to challenge appointive system for St. Louis City Board of Police Commissioners. African-American Citizens for Change v. Robbins, 825 F.Supp. 885 (E.D. Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 84.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.040 - Police commissioners — qualifications — term of office — oath — compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   84.040. Police commissioners — qualifications — term of office — oath — compensation. — The said commissioners shall be citizens of the state of Missouri, and shall have been residents of the cities for a period of four years next preceding their appointment; they shall, except as specified in sections 84.030 and 84.080, hold their offices for four years, and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified, and receive each a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly; before entering upon the duties of their said offices, the said commissioners and the said mayor shall take and subscribe before a circuit or associate circuit judge of the circuit court of judicial circuit in which said cities shall be located, or the clerk thereof, the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Constitution of the state of Missouri, and shall also take and subscribe before the same judge or clerk the further oath or affidavit that in any and every appointment or removal to be made by them to or from the police force created and to be organized by them under sections 84.010 to 84.340, they will in no case and under no pretext appoint or remove any policeman or officer of police, or other person under them, on account of the political opinions of such police officer or other person, or for any other cause or reason than the fitness or unfitness of such a person, in the best judgment of such commissioners, for the place for which he shall be appointed, or from the place from which he shall be removed. The said oaths or affirmations shall be recorded and preserved among the records of the said circuit court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7689, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1987 H.B. 661)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803
MO Rev Stat § 84.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.050 - Board of police, treasurer — appointment — tenure — bond.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   84.050. Board of police, treasurer — appointment — tenure — bond. — One of their number shall, from time to time, be appointed by the said commissioners treasurer of said board of police; and his appointment, when made, shall be certified to by the clerk of the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which said cities shall be located, under the seal of said court. Said treasurer shall hold his office for such time as may be designated by the commissioners, who may remove him at pleasure. Before he enters upon the duties of his office as treasurer, he shall give bond to the state of Missouri, with one or more sureties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer of the board of police, and for the faithful application and payment over, pursuant to the order and direction of said board, of all moneys which may come to his hands as such treasurer. The bond of the treasurer shall be approved by a circuit judge of the judicial circuit in which said cities shall be located and shall be delivered to and safely kept by the treasurer of said cities. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7689, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 84.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.060 - Board of police — secretary, appointment, salary.

Effective - 17 Jul 1983   84.060. Board of police — secretary, appointment, salary. — 1. The board shall appoint a secretary to act as such for the board of police commissioners, to be appointed in the same manner as other officers, and such appointment shall be additional to the number of appointments herein provided. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the board.  2. The salary of the secretary of the board shall be determined and fixed by the board of police commissioners, and no other provisions of this chapter shall apply in the determination of the amount of the salary of the secretary.  3. Every person appointed to serve as secretary shall be a resident of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7689, A.L. 1981 H.B. 419, A.L. 1983 H.B. 303, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803  Effective 7-17-83
MO Rev Stat § 84.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.070 - Board of police — quorum — vacancy.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.070. Board of police — quorum — vacancy. — A majority of the boards of police shall constitute a quorum; and the failure or refusal of the mayor or acting mayor of said cities to qualify or act hereunder shall in no wise impair the right or duty of said commissioners to organize and proceed as herein provided in sections 84.010 to 84.340. In case a vacancy shall occur on said board, the same shall be filled by the governor of the state of Missouri forthwith, after having been notified that such vacancy exists. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7689)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803
MO Rev Stat § 84.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.080 - Police commissioners — forfeiture of office — removal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.080. Police commissioners — forfeiture of office — removal. — Any one of said commissioners, who, during his term of office, shall accept any other place of public trust or emolument, or who, during the same period, shall knowingly receive any nomination for an office elective by the people, without publicly declining same within twenty days succeeding such nomination, or shall become a candidate for the nomination for any office at the hands of any political party, shall be deemed to thereby forfeit or vacate his office. Any of said commissioners may be removed by the governor of the state of Missouri upon his being fully satisfied that the commissioner is guilty of any official misconduct. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7689)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803
MO Rev Stat § 84.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.090 - Board of police — duties, powers.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   84.090. Board of police — duties, powers. — The duties of the boards of police hereby created shall be as follows: They shall, at all times of the day and night, within the boundaries of said cities, as well on water as on land,  (1) Preserve the public peace, prevent crime and arrest offenders;  (2) Protect the rights of persons and property;  (3) Guard the public health;  (4) Preserve order at every public election, and at all public meetings and places, and on all public occasions;  (5) Prevent and remove nuisances on all streets, highways, waters and other places;  (6) Provide a proper police force at every fire for the protection of firemen and property;  (7) Protect emigrants and travelers at steamboat landings and railway stations;  (8) See that all laws relating to elections and to the observance of Sunday, and regulating pawnbrokers, gamblers, intemperance, lotteries and lottery policies, vagrants, disorderly persons, and the public health are enforced;  (9) They shall also enforce all laws and all ordinances passed or which may hereafter be passed by the common council or municipal assembly of said cities, not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 84.010 to 84.340, or any other law of the state, which may be properly enforceable by a police force;  (10) In case they shall have any reason to believe that any person within said cities intends to commit any breaches of the peace, or violation of the law or order beyond the city limits, any person charged with the commission of crime in said cities and against whom criminal process shall have issued, may be arrested upon the same in any part of this state by the police force created or authorized by sections 84.010 to 84.340; provided, however, that before the person so arrested shall be removed from the county in which such arrest is made he shall be taken before some judge, to whom the papers authorizing such arrest shall be submitted; and the person so arrested shall not be removed from said county, but shall forthwith be discharged, unless such judge shall endorse and approve said papers;  (11) The said police commissioners, or either of them, shall have the power to administer oaths or affirmations in the premises, to any person appearing or called before them;  (12) They shall also have the power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses before them, whenever it may be necessary for the more effectual discharge of their duties. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7691, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7543; 1919 § 8953; 1909 § 9805  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 84.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.095 - Venue for actions against St. Louis police commissioners.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   84.095. Venue for actions against St. Louis police commissioners. — All causes of action against the members of the St. Louis board of police commissioners in their official capacity shall be commenced in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 69 & 179 & H.B. 669 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 84.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.100 - Board to establish police force, size of force.

Effective - 25 May 1990   84.100. Board to establish police force, size of force. — To enable the boards to perform the duties imposed upon them, they are hereby authorized and required to appoint, enroll and employ a permanent police force for the cities which they shall equip and arm as they may judge necessary. Except as provided below, the number of patrolmen to be appointed shall not be more than one thousand six hundred eighty-three of which number not more than two hundred fifty are to be probationary patrolmen. Any increase in the number of patrolmen authorized, in addition to that provided for above, shall be permitted upon recommendation by the board of police commissioners, with the approval of the municipal board of estimate and apportionment. The number of turnkeys to be appointed shall be sixty-five, except that for each patrolman hereafter promoted, demoted, removed, resigned or otherwise separated from the force, an additional turnkey may be appointed, but under no circumstances shall more than one hundred fifty turnkeys be appointed. As each additional turnkey is appointed, the maximum number of patrolmen to be appointed shall be reduced accordingly so that when one hundred fifty turnkeys have been appointed, the number of patrolmen to be appointed shall not be more than one thousand five hundred ninety-eight. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7692, A.L. 1943 p. 703, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A. 1949 H.B. 2033, A.L. 1955 p. 309, A.L. 1957 p. 251, A.L. 1961 p. 206, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 1977 S.B. 255, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1238)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7544; 1919 § 8954; 1909 § 9806  Effective 5-25-90
MO Rev Stat § 84.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.110 - Board of police — hours of service — emergency powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   84.110. Board of police — hours of service — emergency powers. — Eight hours shall constitute the time of regular service for the members of the police force for such cities during any one day of twenty-four hours; but nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the boards of police commissioners in such cities from suspending the operation of such rule fixing the time of regular daily service of such police officers in case of existing emergencies, and said boards shall have full power to determine the existence and duration of such emergencies, and their finding in respect thereto shall not be subject to review by any other power. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7692, A.L. 1943 p. 703, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A. 1949 H.B. 2033, A.L. 1957 p. 255)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7544; 1919 § 8954; 1909 § 9806
MO Rev Stat § 84.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.130 - Reemployment of veterans, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1972   84.130. Reemployment of veterans, when. — The boards may reappoint all members of the police force who have heretofore, or shall hereafter, resign to enter the military service of the United States during any war in which the United States is engaged, without loss of rank, and with the same effect as if an indefinite leave of absence had been granted such members, upon condition that an application for such reappointment shall be made within ninety days after the applicant's discharge from military service and that the applicant is mentally and physically qualified for police duty. The boards may make such reappointments notwithstanding that it may cause the number of policemen employed to temporarily exceed the number herein authorized. All necessary reductions in rank shall be made to enable the boards to reappoint officers above the rank of patrolmen as aforesaid to the end that the number of such officers shall not exceed that provided for in section 84.150. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 703 § 7692, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A. 1949 H.B. 2033, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144)
MO Rev Stat § 84.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.140 - Vacations, holidays and off-duty time.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   84.140. Vacations, holidays and off-duty time. — The boards shall grant every member of the police force who has served for one year or more a total of three weeks vacation each year with pay, and each member of the police force who has served the department for twelve years or more shall receive four weeks vacation each year with pay, and each member of the police force who has served the department for twenty-one years or more shall receive five weeks vacation each year with pay, and each member of the police force who has served the department for thirty years or more and is eligible to participate in the deferred retirement option plan shall receive six weeks vacation each year with pay; however the board may grant an additional week of paid vacation to members after one year of service. All members of the police force shall receive fifteen holidays with pay, however the board may grant additional holidays with pay, and one hundred four days off duty each year with pay, and the boards may from time to time grant additional days off duty each year with pay when in the judgment of the boards, the granting thereof will not materially impair the efficiency of the department. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 703 § 7692a, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 304, A.L. 1949 p. 372, A.L. 1957 p. 254, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 1977 S.B. 255, A.L. 1978 S.B. 508, A.L. 1986 S.B. 631, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1773, A.L. 2003 S.B. 248, et al. merged with S.B. 513)
MO Rev Stat § 84.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.150 - Number of officers in each rank.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   84.150. Number of officers in each rank. — The officers of the police force in each such city shall be as follows: one chief of police with the rank of colonel; lieutenant colonels, not to exceed five in number and other such ranks and number of members within such ranks as the board from time to time deems necessary. The officers of the police force shall have commissions issued to them by the boards of police commissioners, and those heretofore and those hereafter commissioned shall serve so long as they shall faithfully perform their duties and possess the necessary mental and physical ability, and be subject to removal only for cause after a hearing by the board, who are hereby invested with exclusive jurisdiction in the premises. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7693, A.L. 1941 p. 462, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 304, A.L. 1957 p. 251, A.L. 1961 p. 206, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 1977 S.B. 255, A.L. 1978 S.B. 508, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7545; 1919 § 8955; 1909 § 9807
MO Rev Stat § 84.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.170 - Police force vacancies and promotions — rules of board.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   84.170. Police force vacancies and promotions — rules of board. — 1. When any vacancy shall take place in any grade of officers, it shall be filled from the next lowest grade; provided, however, that probationary patrolmen shall serve at least six months as such before being promoted to the rank of patrolman; patrolmen shall serve at least three years as such before being promoted to the rank of sergeant; sergeants shall serve at least one year as such before being promoted to the rank of lieutenant; lieutenants shall serve at least one year as such before being promoted to the rank of captain; and in no case shall the chief or assistant chief be selected from men not members of the force or below the grade of captain. Patrolmen shall serve at least three years as such before promotion to the rank of detective; the inspector shall be taken from men in the rank not below the grade of lieutenant.  2. The boards of police are hereby authorized to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with sections 84.010 to 84.340, or other laws of the state, as they may judge necessary, for the appointment, employment, uniforming*, discipline, trial and government of the police. The said boards shall also have power to require of any officer or policeman bond with sureties when they may consider it demanded by the public interests. All lawful rules and regulations of the board shall be obeyed by the police force on pain of dismissal or such lighter punishment, either by suspension, fine, reduction or forfeiture of pay, or otherwise as the boards may adjudge.  3. The authority possessed by the board of police includes, but is not limited to, the authority to delegate portions of its powers authorized in section 84.120, including presiding over a disciplinary hearing, to a hearing officer as determined by the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7695, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41 merged with H.B. 574)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7547; 1919 § 8957; 1909 § 9809  *Word "unciform" appears in original rolls of H.B. 574, 2007.  (1962) Police board's forfeiting of lieutenant's pay was contested case within meaning of section 536.010 but suspended police lieutenant by returning to work had settled all matters by agreement and was not entitled to hearing and review of board's action. Davis v. Long (A.), 360 S.W.2d 307.
MO Rev Stat § 84.175 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.175 - Police reserve force authorized, powers and duties — riots or emergencies, may appoint additional members.

Effective - 28 Aug 2009   84.175. Police reserve force authorized, powers and duties — riots or emergencies, may appoint additional members. — 1. Upon recommendation of the chief of police, the board may authorize and provide for the organization of a police reserve force composed of members who receive a service retirement under the provisions of sections 86.200 to 86.366 and who qualify under the provisions of section 84.120. Such reserve force shall be under the command of the chief of police and shall be provided training, equipment, uniforms, and arms as the chief shall direct with the approval of the board. Members of the reserve force shall possess all of the powers of regular police officers and shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to police officers; provided, however, that the city council or other governing body of any such city may in its discretion fix a total in number which the reserve force may not exceed.  2. In event of riot or other emergencies as declared and defined by the mayor, in concurrence with the board, the board, upon recommendation of the chief, may appoint special officers or patrolmen for temporary service in addition to the police reserve force herein provided for, but the length of time for which such officers or patrolmen shall be employed shall be limited to the time during which such emergency shall exist. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)