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MO Rev Stat § 84.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.180 - Police force — acceptance of gratuities prohibited — disposition of fines.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.180. Police force — acceptance of gratuities prohibited — disposition of fines. — No officer of police or policeman shall be allowed to receive any money or gratuity or compensation for any service he may render without the consent of the said boards; and all such moneys as any policeman or police officer may be so permitted to receive shall be paid over to the boards, and together with all the proceeds of all fines, forfeitures and unreclaimed property which may come to the possession of said boards, or to be recovered by them under the provisions of sections 84.010 to 84.340, or any other law or ordinance, shall be disposed of in accordance with rules adopted by the said boards, subject to the provisions of the laws of this state controlling and directing the dispensation of such funds. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7696)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7548; 1919 § 8958; 1909 § 9810
MO Rev Stat § 84.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.190 - Board of police — equipment and clerical personnel — use of fire alarm telegraph — procedure in case of hindrance.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   84.190. Board of police — equipment and clerical personnel — use of fire alarm telegraph — procedure in case of hindrance. — 1. The boards of police commissioners are hereby authorized to provide themselves with such office and office furniture, and such clerks and subordinates as they shall need; and to have and use a common seal. They may divide such cities into not more than twelve nor less than nine police districts, and provide in each of them, if necessary, a station house or houses, with all things and equipments required for the same, and all such other accommodations as may be required for the use of the police.  2. The boards, for all the purposes of sections 84.010 to 84.340, shall have the use of the fire alarm telegraph of such cities for police purposes, and all station houses, watch boxes, firearms, equipments, accoutrements and other accommodations and things provided by such cities, for the use and service of the police, as fully and to the same extent as the same are now used by or for any present police, or as fully and to the same extent as the same may be used by any police force in any of the cities to which sections 84.010 to 84.340 may hereafter apply; and the mayor and common council or municipal assembly, and all persons and municipal officers in charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required to allow such use accordingly. In case the mayor and common council or municipal assembly of any of such cities, or its officers or agents, refuse or neglect to allow such use, as and whenever the same shall be required by the boards created by sections 84.010 to 84.340, or refuse to set aside and appropriate the revenue necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 84.010 to 84.340, or place obstructions or hindrances in the way of the proper discharge of the powers of such boards, the boards may apply to the circuit courts of the judicial circuit in which such cities may be located, in the name of the state, for a mandamus to compel a compliance with the provisions of this section, and the application thereof shall be heard and decided by the court. One week's notice of the application shall be given, and the respondent or respondents shall have the right to answer within the week; and if testimony be needed on either side, the same shall be taken within ten days after the same is filed, or the week shall be expired. From the decision in the circuit court in the premises either party may appeal within ten days; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of such courts to send up the record immediately, and the appeal shall be heard immediately by the supreme court, if then in session, and if not in session, at the next term. In both courts the case shall be taken up and tried in preference to all others. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7697, A.L. 1961 p. 204)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7549; 1919 § 8959; 1909 § 9811
MO Rev Stat § 84.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.200 - Duty of sheriff to aid in maintaining public peace.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.200. Duty of sheriff to aid in maintaining public peace. — It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county or city in which any of the cities to which sections 84.010 to 84.340 may apply shall be located, whenever called on for that purpose by said boards, to act under their control for the preservation of the public peace and quiet; and, if ordered by them to do so, he shall summon the posse comitatus for that purpose, and hold and employ such posse subject to their direction; whenever the exigency or circumstances may, in their judgment, warrant it, the said boards shall have the power to assume the control and command of all conservators of the peace of the county or city in which any of the cities to which sections 84.010 to 84.340 may apply, whether sheriff, constable, policemen or others, and they shall act under the orders of the said boards and not otherwise. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7698)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7550; 1919 § 8960; 1909 § 9812
MO Rev Stat § 84.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.230 - Arrests — procedure.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   84.230. Arrests — procedure. — The commissioners of police shall cause all persons arrested by the police to be brought before some proper judge within said cities, to be dealt with according to law. Proper police officers in charge of police station houses may, if the offense charged against any person is a bailable one, at the request of such person, take from him a recognizance in such sum as may seem to be sufficient and proper with sufficient sureties for his appearance at the proper time before some judge, but no attorney at law, police officer, and no official or employee holding office under the municipality of the said cities, or the state of Missouri, and no clerk in the employ of such officer, officials or employees shall be accepted as surety upon such bond or bonds; the proper officers in charge of said station houses may administer oaths to parties qualifying as such surety or sureties; and may refuse to receive as such surety or sureties any and all parties with unsavory reputations or who, as professional bondsmen, tend to defeat the ends of justice, and no one shall be accepted as bondsman who shall have standing against him an unsatisfied judgment rendered on a forfeited bond; such proper police officers in charge of police stations may, prior to the appearance of any person arrested before some proper judge, refuse to admit to the presence of arrested persons confined in stations, all persons who have the reputation of being what is known as grafters or shysters, or those attorneys who are guilty of the practice of soliciting business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7701, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7553; 1919 § 8963; 1909 § 9815  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 84.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.240 - Bertillon system of identification authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   84.240. Bertillon system of identification authorized. — The board of police commissioners shall establish the Bertillon system of identification of criminals and others by means of anthropometric indications, and they are further required to employ such additional assistance as may be necessary to properly conduct and manage this department. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7702, A.L. 1969 p. 77)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7554; 1919 § 8964; 1909 § 9816
MO Rev Stat § 84.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.250 - Board of police — records — annual report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.250. Board of police — records — annual report. — The board shall cause a full journal of their proceedings to be kept, and shall also cause all their receipts and disbursements of money to be faithfully entered in books to be procured and kept for that purpose, and said journal, and all said books, and all other documents in possession of said board, shall always be open to the inspection of the general assembly of the state of Missouri or any committee appointed by it for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the board to report to the common council or municipal assembly of the said city at each annual session thereof, the number and expenses of the police force employed by it under sections 84.010 to 84.340, and all such other matters as may be of public interest, in connection with the duties assigned it by sections 84.010 to 84.340. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7703)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7555; 1919 § 8965; 1909 § 9817
MO Rev Stat § 84.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.260 - Mounted police.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   84.260. Mounted police. — The board, whenever and for so long a time as may be necessary, may out of the force provided for in section 84.100, appoint, mount and equip as many policemen for duty in the parks, outskirts and such other portions of the said cities as the board may deem necessary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7704, A.L. 1953 p. 268)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7556; 1919 § 8966; 1909 § 9818
MO Rev Stat § 84.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.265 - Policewomen, appointment, powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   84.265. Policewomen, appointment, powers. — The board may appoint such number of women members of the police force as they deem necessary, and such women members shall have and exercise all the powers of the other members of the police force. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 333)
MO Rev Stat § 84.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.330 - Police force members are officers of state.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   84.330. Police force members are officers of state. — The members of the police force of the cities covered by sections 84.010 to 84.340, organized and appointed by the police commissioners of said cities, are hereby declared to be officers of the said cities, under the charter and ordinances thereof, and also to be officers of the state of Missouri, and shall be so deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of this state or the ordinances of said cities. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7711)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7563; 1919 § 8973; 1909 § 9825
MO Rev Stat § 84.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.340 - Board of police — power to regulate private detectives.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   *84.340. Board of police — power to regulate private detectives. — Except as provided under section 590.750, the police commissioner of the said cities shall have power to regulate and license all private watchmen, private detectives and private policemen, serving or acting as such in said cities, and no person shall act as such private watchman, private detective or private policeman in said cities without first having obtained the written license of the president or acting president of said police commissioners of the said cities, under pain of being guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7712, A.L. 2014 S.B. 656 merged with S.B. 852)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7564; 1919 § 8974; 1909 § 9826  Effective 8-28-14 (S.B. 852); 10-10-14 (S.B. 656), see § 21.250.  *S.B. 656 was vetoed July 14, 2014. The veto was overridden on September 10, 2014.  (1974) Held constitutional as not being an unlawful delegation of legislative power nor as to being discriminatory in that police officers of the city are not required to be licensed or pay fee when acting as a watchman. ABC Security Service Inc. v. Miller (Mo.), 514 S.W.2d 521.
MO Rev Stat § 84.341 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.341 - Prohibition on state officials and political subdivisions interfering with the St. Louis municipal police force — construction of statute.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.341. Prohibition on state officials and political subdivisions interfering with the St. Louis municipal police force — construction of statute. — No elected or appointed official of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall act or refrain from acting in any manner to impede, obstruct, hinder, or otherwise interfere with any member of a municipal police force established under sections 84.343 to 84.346 in the performance of his or her job duties, or with any aspect of any investigation arising from the performance of such job duties. This section shall not be construed to prevent such officials from acting within the normal course and scope of their employment or from acting to implement sections 84.343 to 84.346. Any person who violates this section shall be liable for a penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars for each offense and shall forever be disqualified from holding any office or employment whatsoever with the governmental entity the person served at the time of the violation. The penalty shall not be paid by the funds of any committee as the term committee is defined in section 130.011. This section shall not be construed to interfere with the punishment, under any laws of this state, of a criminal offense committed by such officials, nor shall this section apply to duly appointed members of the municipal police force, or their appointing authorities, whose conduct is otherwise provided for by law. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
MO Rev Stat § 84.342 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.342 - Unlawful employment practice, when — cause of action for damages permitted, when.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.342. Unlawful employment practice, when — cause of action for damages permitted, when. — 1. It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an official, employee, or agent of a municipal police force established under sections 84.343 to 84.346 to discharge, demote, reduce the pay of, or otherwise retaliate against an employee of the municipal police force for reporting to any superior, government agency, or the press the conduct of another employee that the reporting employee believes, in good faith, is illegal.  2. Any employee of the municipal police force may bring a cause of action for general or special damages based on a violation of this section. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
MO Rev Stat § 84.343 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.343 - Purpose of establishing a municipal police force, St. Louis City — written license required, when, penalty.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.343. Purpose of establishing a municipal police force, St. Louis City — written license required, when, penalty. — 1. Subject to the provisions of sections 84.344 to 84.346, any city not within a county may establish a municipal police force for the purposes of:  (1) Preserving the public peace, welfare, and order;  (2) Preventing crime and arresting suspected offenders;  (3) Enforcing the laws of the state and ordinances of the city;  (4) Exercising all powers available to a police force under generally applicable state law; and  (5) Regulating and licensing all private watchmen, private detectives, and private policemen serving or acting as such in said city.  2. Any person who acts as a private watchman, private detective, or private policeman in said cities without having obtained a written license from said cities is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
MO Rev Stat § 84.345 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.345 - Board of police commissioners, terms to expire — continued operation, when — state to provide legal representation, when — police chief, no restriction on selection of — sheriff's duties.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.345. Board of police commissioners, terms to expire — continued operation, when — state to provide legal representation, when — police chief, no restriction on selection of — sheriff's duties. — 1. Except as required for the board of police commissioners to conclude its affairs and pursue legal claims and defenses, upon the establishment of a municipal police force, the terms of office of the commissioners of the board of police created under sections 84.020 and 84.030 shall expire, and the provisions of sections 84.010 to 84.340 shall not apply to any city not within a county or its municipal police force as of such date. The board shall continue to operate, if necessary, to wind down the board's affairs until the transfer of ownership and obligations under subsection 2 of section 84.344 has been completed. During such time, the board of police commissioners shall designate and authorize its secretary to act on behalf of the board for purposes of performing the board's duties and any other actions incident to the transfer and winding down of the board's affairs.  2. For any claim, lawsuit, or other action arising out of actions occurring before the date of completion of the transfer provided under subsection 2 of section 84.344, the state shall continue to provide legal representation as set forth in section 105.726, and the state legal expense fund shall continue to provide reimbursement for such claims under section 105.726. This subsection applies to all claims, lawsuits, and other actions brought against any commissioner, police officer, employee, agent, representative, or any individual or entity acting or purporting to act on its or their behalf.  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any city not within a county that establishes a municipal police force under sections 84.343 to 84.346 shall not be restricted or limited in any way in the selection of a police chief or chief of the division created under subsection 8 of section 84.344.  4. It shall be the duty of the sheriff for any city not within a county, whenever called upon by the police chief of the municipal police force, to act under the police chief's control for the preservation of the public peace and quiet; and, whenever the exigency or circumstances may, in the police chief's judgment, warrant it, said police chief shall have the power to assume the control and command of all local and municipal conservators of the peace of the city, whether sheriff, constable, policemen or others, and they shall act under the orders of the said police chief and not otherwise. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
MO Rev Stat § 84.346 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.346 - Police pension system, continuation of.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.346. Police pension system, continuation of. — Any police pension system created under chapter 86 for the benefit of a police force established under sections 84.010 to 84.340 shall continue to be governed by chapter 86, and shall apply to any police force established under section 84.343 to 84.346. Other than any provision that makes chapter 86 applicable to a municipal police force established under section 84.343 to 84.346, nothing in sections 84.343 to 84.346 shall be construed as limiting or changing the rights or benefits provided under chapter 86. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
MO Rev Stat § 84.347 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City|Section 84.347 - Nonseverability clause.

Effective - 06 Nov 2012   84.347. Nonseverability clause. — Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1.140 to the contrary, the provisions of sections 84.343 to 84.346 shall be nonseverable. If any provision of sections 84.343 to 84.346 is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall invalidate all of the remaining provisions of this act*. ­­-------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)  *"This act" (Proposition A, November 6, 2012) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections Table for a definitive listing.