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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.490 - Chief of police — tenure — removal or demotion — acting chief.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
84.490. Chief of police — tenure — removal or demotion — acting chief. —
1. The chief of police shall serve during the pleasure of the board, except that such chief shall only be removed, suspended, or demoted for cause. For purposes of this section, cause may include the following reasons:
(1) The chief is unable to perform his or her duties with reasonable competence or reasonable safety as a result of a mental condition, including alcohol or substance abuse;
(2) The chief has committed any act, while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, that constitutes a reckless disregard for the safety of the public or another law enforcement officer;
(3) The chief has caused a material fact to be misrepresented for any improper or unlawful purpose;
(4) The chief has acted in a manner for the sole purpose of furthering his or her self-interest, or in a manner inconsistent with the interests of the public or the chief's governing body;
(5) The chief has been found to have violated any law, statute, or ordinance which constitutes a felony; or
(6) The chief has been deemed insubordinate or found to be in violation of a written established policy, unless such claimed insubordination or violation of a written established policy was a violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance.
2. In case the board determines to remove, suspend, or demote the chief of police, he shall be notified in writing. Within ten days after receipt of such notice, the chief may, in writing, file with the secretary of the board of police commissioners, demand and he shall receive a written statement of the reasons for such removal, suspension, or demotion, and a hearing thereon at a public meeting of the board within ten days after the chief files such notice. The chief may be suspended from office pending such hearing. The action of the board in suspending, removing or demoting the chief of police shall be final.
3. The board may, in case of and during the absence or disability of the chief, designate a qualified police officer who shall serve as acting chief and perform the duties of the office. No man shall serve as acting chief who has not the qualifications required for the position of chief.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7657, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.500 - Chief of police — powers and duties.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.500. Chief of police — powers and duties. —
The chief of police shall be the chief executive officer of the police department. He shall be responsible to the board of police commissioners for the proper administration of police affairs and suppression of crime in such cities and the execution of policy pertaining to police affairs as determined by the board of police commissioners, and to these ends, subject to provisions in sections 84.350 to 84.860, he shall:
(1) Have the power to appoint, subject to approval of the board, and shall have the power to promote, discipline and suspend all police officers and policemen. The chief shall also have the power to appoint, subject to the approval of the board, and to promote, discipline, suspend or discharge such employees of the police department other than police officers or policemen as may be specified by resolution of the board. A report of all such actions taken (other than suspensions of less than fifteen days) shall be submitted to the board at its next meeting. Any such action for which a report is required which adversely affects any officer, policeman or employee, shall be reviewed by the board as provided in section 84.590;
(2) Be required to prepare and submit to the board on or before April first in each year a complete report on the administrative and law enforcement activities of the police department for the preceding calendar year, and such report shall show complete statistics of all police work in accordance with generally recognized standards in order to facilitate comparisons with other cities of the United States of the same population class;
(3) Prepare and submit to the board on or before January first of each year a complete report on the financial requirements of the department for the ensuing fiscal year;
(4) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed elsewhere in sections 84.350 to 84.860 or required of him by the board of police commissioners, not inconsistent with sections 84.350 to 84.860.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7657)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Police protection for precinct canvassers, 115.059
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.514 - Homeland security and disaster communications, appointment of lieutenant colonel, responsibilities.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017
84.514. Homeland security and disaster communications, appointment of lieutenant colonel, responsibilities. —
The chief of police, with the approval of the board, may appoint a police officer to serve as lieutenant colonel on matters relating to homeland security and disaster communications. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 84.510 to the contrary, such position shall be a new position and in addition to the number of lieutenant colonels authorized under section 84.510. The lieutenant colonel authorized under this section shall be responsible for matters relating to homeland security and disaster communications as determined by the chief and be entitled to the same rank, privileges, and compensation afforded all other lieutenant colonels within the department.
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(L. 2017 S.B. 112)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.520 - Police department, civilian employees — salaries.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
84.520. Police department, civilian employees — salaries. —
The chief of police, with the approval of the board, shall appoint such number of civilian employees as he deems necessary from time to time for the operation of the police department. Compensation for civilian employees of the police department shall not exceed the compensation paid to police officers of the department who perform like or similar work to that of such civilian employees, but the chief of police, with the approval of the board, may establish lower compensation for civilian employees than that received by police officers.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7656, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7658, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 407, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 296, A.L. 1949 p. 370, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 1963 p. 135, A.L. 1977 S.B. 68)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7524; 1919 § 8935; 1909 § 9787
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.530 - Police department — salaries payable, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1958
84.530. Police department — salaries payable, when. —
The police board and all officers and other employees of the police force shall be paid not less than semimonthly at the rate provided in sections 84.350, 84.510 and 84.520.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7658, A.L. 1943 p. 727, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 407, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 296, A.L. 1949 p. 370, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7525; 1919 § 8936; 1909 § 9788
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.540 - Reserve force organized, when, uniforms — emergency appointments.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
84.540. Reserve force organized, when, uniforms — emergency appointments. —
1. Upon recommendation of the chief of police, the board may authorize and provide for the organization of a police reserve force composed of residents of the city who qualify under the provisions of subsection 1 of section 84.570. 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; and when assigned to active duty the 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, the city council or other governing body in such city 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7656, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7658, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 407, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 296, A.L. 1949 p. 370, A.L. 1953 p. 304)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7524; 1919 § 8935; 1909 § 9787
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.550 - Police department — reemployment of veterans.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
84.550. Police department — reemployment of veterans. —
Any person who shall have entered the armed service of the United States during time of war shall be preferred for reemployment, provided such person was employed in the police department at the time of such induction or enlistment and is otherwise qualified and has been honorably discharged from such service and applies for reemployment within twelve months of such discharge.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7658, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 407, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 296, A.L. 1949 p. 370)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.560 - Police force — ranks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
84.560. Police force — ranks. —
For the purposes of sections 84.350 to 84.860 all police officers, not including civilian employees and other than the chief, shall be assigned one of the following ranks: lieutenant colonel, major, captain, sergeant, master patrol officer, master detective, detective, investigator, or patrolman. Lieutenant colonels shall not exceed five in number, and other titles or designations for police officers may be used but they shall be equivalent in rank and salary to the ranks herein specified.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7657, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7659, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 407, A.L. 1953 p. 304, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 1969 p. 149, A.L. 1984 S.B. 431, A.L. 2004 S.B. 952)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7524
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.570 - Police force — qualifications — competitive examinations — eligible list — rules by board.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 27 Jun 2003, see footnote
84.570. Police force — qualifications — competitive examinations — eligible list — rules by board. —
1. No person shall be appointed policeman or officer of police who shall have been convicted of any offense, the punishment of which may be confinement in the state penitentiary; nor shall any person be appointed who is not proven to be of good character, or who is not proven to be a bona fide citizen of the United States, or who cannot read and write the English language and who does not possess ordinary physical strength and courage, nor shall any person be originally appointed to said police force who is less than twenty-one years of age. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall have the sole authority to determine conditions of employment for police officers pursuant to section 84.460.
2. The board shall from time to time require open competitive examinations or tests for determining the qualifications and fitness of all applicants for appointment to positions on the police force. Such examinations and tests shall be practical and shall relate to matters which fairly measure the relative fitness of the candidates to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed. Notice of such examinations and tests shall be given not less than ten days in advance thereof by public advertisement in at least one newspaper of general circulation in such city, and by posting notice in the police headquarters building. A list of those qualifying in such examinations shall be established, listing those qualified in order of rank. When an appointment is to be made, the appointment shall be made from such eligible list.
3. The board shall also establish rules for:
(1) Temporary employment for not exceeding sixty days in the absence of any eligible list;
(2) Hours of work of police employees and officers subject to the provisions of section 84.510; and
(3) Attendance regulations and leaves of absence.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7659, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7660, A.L. 1953 p. 304, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 2003 S.B. 5)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7520; 1919 § 8931; 1909 § 9783
Effective 6-27-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.575 - Residency requirements — prohibited and authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021
84.575. Residency requirements — prohibited and authorized. —
1. The board of police commissioners established by section 84.350 shall not require, as a condition of employment, that any currently employed or prospective law enforcement officer or other employee reside within any jurisdictional limit. If the board of police commissioners has a residency rule or requirement for law enforcement officers or other employees that is in effect on or before August 28, 2021, the residency rule or requirement shall not apply and shall not be enforced.
2. The board of police commissioners may impose a residency rule or requirement on law enforcement officers or other employees, but the rule or requirement shall be no more restrictive than requiring such personnel to reside within thirty miles from the nearest city limit and within the boundaries of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.580 - Police force — list of personnel — candidate's right to examine test papers and marks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.580. Police force — list of personnel — candidate's right to examine test papers and marks. —
1. There shall be maintained in the departments a list of all persons in the service of the departments in such cities, showing in connection with each name the position held, the salary or wages paid, the date and character of appointment and every subsequent change in status, and the date and character of each disciplinary action taken against the officer or employee.
2. On his request, any candidate on an eligible list or who has not passed an examination shall have the right, either personally or through an agent or agents designated in writing by him, to examine his examination paper and markings. No eligible list shall be extended for a period of more than two years without a new application and examination.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7661)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.590 - Police department — vacancies filled by promotion.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
84.590. Police department — vacancies filled by promotion. —
Promotions within the police department shall, as far as practicable, be made from lower ranks and, other factors being equal, preference shall be given to seniority. Unless the chief shall recommend and the board shall approve waiver of the requirement, a police officer to be eligible for promotion shall have served at least two years in the rank from which he is to be promoted and must be certified by the police physician as physically able to discharge the duties of the rank to which he is to be promoted. Patrolmen shall be considered of one rank without regard to their classification. It shall be considered a promotion when an officer is notified in writing by the chief of police that he has been assigned to a permanent position in another rank for which a higher maximum rate of compensation is prescribed by law; but assignment to a temporary or acting rank with a higher rate of compensation shall not be considered a promotion within the meaning of this section.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7662, A.L. 1953 p. 304)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.600 - Police force — probationary term — removal and alternatives.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.600. Police force — probationary term — removal and alternatives. —
The first employment of policemen and every police officer shall be for a probationary term of six months, after which the chief may at his discretion extend the probationary period for an additional term of six months, but no longer. During said probationary period the chief may at his discretion or at the direction of the police board discontinue their services at any time. Having served at least six months' probationary service to the satisfaction of the board and the chief, such policemen and police officers shall be appointed to the police force of said city and shall thereafter be subject to discharge or removal only for cause and upon complaint being made or charges being preferred against them, a copy of which complaint or charges setting forth the ground thereof shall be given to such policemen or police officers, not less than forty-eight hours prior to the time the complaints or charges are to be heard by the board, and they shall have the right to appear before the board at a public hearing to be held within fifteen days after the filing of such complaint or charges, and be confronted by the witnesses against them and to be defended by counsel and the board after hearing the charges shall take a vote of yeas and nays to be entered upon the records whether or not the charges have been sustained and what punishment, if any, shall be imposed. If the charges are found by the board to be sustained by the evidence, the board may remove such policemen or police officers, or the board may, instead of removal, suspend, reprimand or impose a fine upon the policemen or police officers, and in any case any fine so imposed is not paid the same shall be deducted from the salary of such policemen or police officers. If complaint is made or charges preferred against a policeman or police officer which, in the opinion of the board, does not constitute an offense of which the board shall take cognizance, the board shall dismiss such complaint or charges. The board shall report all decisions on any such complaint or charges in writing to the chief of police and to the officer or policeman. Each decision of the police board in such cases shall be final and not subject to review by any court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7660, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7663)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7521; 1919 § 8932; 1909 § 9784
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.610 - Police personnel — right to public hearing.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.610. Police personnel — right to public hearing. —
Any police officer, policeman or employee adversely affected by any action taken by the chief which he is required to report to the board under the provisions of subdivision (1) of section 84.500 shall have the right to have such action of the chief of police reviewed by the police board upon filing with the secretary of the board within ten days after the effective date of such action a written request for review by said police board. Whereupon the police board shall grant a public hearing within fifteen days after the filing of such request. The board shall have the power to inquire into all the facts and circumstances pertaining to such action and may compel the attendance of witnesses by subpoena at the request of either the police officer, policeman or employee involved, the chief of police or any member of the board. The board shall have the power upon such hearing to affirm, modify or reverse such action of the chief and may make such other orders as the board may deem necessary. The board shall report all decisions in writing to the chief of police and to the officer or employee involved. Each decision of the police board in such cases shall be final and not subject to review by any court.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7664)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.620 - Board of police — enforcement of regulations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.620. Board of police — enforcement of regulations. —
All lawful rules and regulations made by the board shall be obeyed by the members of the police force on pain of dismissal, suspension, fine or reduction in rank or pay, or forfeiture of pay, as the board may provide.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7662, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7665)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7531; 1919 § 8942; 1909 § 9794
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.630 - Police force — acceptance of gratuities prohibited — disposition of fines.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.630. 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 board, and all such moneys as any policeman or police officer may be so permitted to receive shall be paid over to the board, and, together with all the proceeds of all fines, forfeitures and unreclaimed property which may come into the possession of said board, or to be recovered by them under the provisions of sections 84.350 to 84.860, or any other law or ordinance, shall be disposed of in accordance with rules adopted by the said board, subject to the provisions of laws of this state controlling and directing the dispensation of such funds.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7663, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7666)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7532; 1919 § 8943; 1909 § 9795
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.640 - Police force — power to make arrests.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
84.640. Police force — power to make arrests. —
The members of the police force of any such city are hereby empowered to make arrests for the violation of any ordinance of such city for the protection, regulation and orderly government of parks, public grounds and other public property owned by any such city and situated outside of the limits thereof, and persons so arrested for the violation of any such ordinance may be brought within the city limits and tried before any court having jurisdiction of cases arising out of the ordinances of such city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7666, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7667, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7510; 1919 § 8921; 1909 § 9773
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.650 - Arrests — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
84.650. Arrests — procedure. —
The commissioners of police shall cause all persons arrested by the police to be brought before some 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, constable or his deputy, and no official 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7667, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7668, A.L. 1949 H.B. 2033, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7517; 1919 § 8928; 1909 § 9780
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.710 - Police force — officers of state — powers to arrest.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
84.710. Police force — officers of state — powers to arrest. —
1. The members of the police force appointed in pursuance hereof are hereby declared to be officers of the state of Missouri and of the city for which such commissioners are appointed.
2. They shall have power within the city or on public property of the city beyond the corporate limits thereof to arrest, on view, any person they see violating or whom they have reason to suspect of having violated any law of the state or ordinance of the city. They shall have power to arrest and hold, without warrant, for a period of time not exceeding twenty-four hours, persons found within the city or on public property of the city beyond the corporate limits thereof charged with having committed felonies in other states, and who are reported to be fugitives from justice. They shall also have the power to stop any person abroad whenever there is reasonable ground to suspect that he is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and demand of him his name, address, business abroad and whither he is going. When stopping or detaining a suspect, they may search him for a dangerous weapon whenever they have reasonable ground to believe they are in danger from the possession of such dangerous weapon by the suspect. No unreasonable force shall be used in detaining or arresting any person, but such force as may be necessary may be used when there is no other apparent means of making an arrest or preventing an escape and only after the peace officer has made every reasonable effort to advise the person that he is the peace officer engaged in making arrest.
3. Any person who has been arrested without a warrant may be released, without being taken before a judge, by the officer in charge of the police station whenever the officer is satisfied that there is no ground for making complaint against him, or when the person was arrested for a misdemeanor and will sign a satisfactory agreement to appear in court at the time designated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7674, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7673, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7519; 1919 § 8930; 1909 § 9782
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.720 - Police commissioners, power to regulate security personnel — fingerprint, criminal history record check — penalty — excursion gambling boat exception.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
84.720. Police commissioners, power to regulate security personnel — fingerprint, criminal history record check — penalty — excursion gambling boat exception. —
1. The police commissioners of any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county shall have power to regulate and license all private security personnel and organizations, serving or acting as such in such cities, and no person or organization shall act in the capacity of, or provide, security services in such cities without first having obtained the written license of the president or acting president of the police commissioners of such cities. In order to determine an individual's suitability to be licensed, the police commissioners of such cities shall require each applicant to be licensed to be fingerprinted and shall forward the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for a criminal history record check. Any person or organization that violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
2. Any individual who is a holder of an occupational license issued by the Missouri gaming commission as defined under section 313.800 to perform the duties of an unarmed security guard while working on an excursion gambling boat as defined under section 313.800 or at a facility adjacent to an excursion gambling boat shall be exempt from the requirements of subsection 1 of this section and from any other political subdivision licensing requirements for unarmed security guards.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7675, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7674, A.L. 1993 H.B. 209 & 288, A.L. 2016 S.B. 732)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.730 - Board of police — annual budget estimate — appropriations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories
84.730. Board of police — annual budget estimate — appropriations. —
It shall be the duty of the board, on the fifteenth day of January of each year, to prepare, in writing, a budget estimating the sum of money which will be necessary for the next fiscal year, to enable the board to discharge the duties hereby imposed upon it, and to meet the expenses of the police department, which it shall forthwith certify to the governing body of such cities, and the budget shall itemize purposes of expenditure by organization units, activities, functions, and character classes in not less detail than "personal services", "contractual services", "commodities", and "capital outlays", and shall in any event be prepared in form and detail similar to the form and detail in which budgets for the various departments of such city government are prepared. The governing body of the cities is hereby required to appropriate the total amount so certified, payable out of the revenue of the cities after first having deducted the amount necessary to pay the interest on the indebtedness of the cities, the amount necessary for lighting the city, and any sum required by law to be placed to the credit of the sinking fund of the cities, and if the board shall be required to call out extra police force and the expense thereof shall not have been contemplated in their estimate for the fiscal year during which the extra police force is called out, it shall immediately certify the expense of such additional force, and the additional amount so required shall be appropriated for that purpose, except that in no event shall the governing body of the cities be required to appropriate for the use of the police board in any fiscal year an amount in excess of one-fourth of the general revenue fund of such year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7676, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7675, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 2022 S.B. 678)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7515; 1919 § 8926; 1909 § 9778
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.740 - Board of police — annual budget — expenditures.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.740. Board of police — annual budget — expenditures. —
Out of the amount of money appropriated by the governing body of such cities to meet the expense of the police department for the ensuing fiscal year, the police board shall, on or before May first of each year, adopt a budget for the police department for the ensuing fiscal year. Said budget shall itemize purposes of expenditure by organization units, activities, functions, and character classes in not less detail than "personal services", "contractual services", "commodities", and "capital outlays". Such budget, when adopted and certified by the board, shall be the authorization of expenditures for the purposes set forth therein. No transfer from one character classification of expenditure in the board budget to another character classification shall be made without the approval of said board. A copy of said budget and notice of subsequent transfers shall be deposited with the chief of police and the secretary of the police board and copies thereof shall be prepared and available to the public upon request.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.750 - Board of police — expenditure vouchers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.750. Board of police — expenditure vouchers. —
No order or voucher which involves a commitment to expend money shall be issued unless it bears the signature of the secretary of the board certifying that a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered appropriation balance remains in the amount appropriated for such purpose in the board budget. Any order or voucher not so certified shall be void and shall not be paid.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.760 - Board of police — limitation of expenditures — penalty for violation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.760. Board of police — limitation of expenditures — penalty for violation. —
1. No officer or employee of police departments of such cities shall, during any fiscal year, spend any money, incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms incurs the expenditure of money for any purpose for which no appropriation is provided in the board budget or in excess of the amount appropriated by the board for any such purpose.
2. Any officer or employee violating the provisions hereof shall immediately be removed from office, and liable for the amount of such claim.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.770 - Organization or payment of other police force prohibited.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.770. Organization or payment of other police force prohibited. —
The common council or municipal assembly of said cities shall have no power or authority to levy or collect any taxes or appropriate any money for the payment of any police force, other than that organized and employed under sections 84.350 to 84.860. No officer or servant of the mayor or the common council or municipal assembly of said cities shall disburse any money for the payment of any police force other than that organized and employed under sections 84.350 to 84.860, and the power of said mayor and common council or municipal assembly to appropriate and disburse money for the payment of the police force organized and employed under sections 84.350 to 84.860 shall be exercised as in these sections directed and not otherwise.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7676, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7675)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.780 - Board of police — requisitions — claims.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1958
84.780. Board of police — requisitions — claims. —
1. The secretary of the police board, as agent of the board, is hereby authorized to requisition semimonthly upon the chief finance officer of the city such sum, within the limits of the annual appropriation, as may be necessary for that period, which sum shall be allocated by said officer and placed to the credit of the police department hereby created.
2. All claims against the police department shall be approved for payment by the secretary of the board before payment thereof. No claim shall be certified by the secretary as being entitled to payment unless:
(1) Such claim is a valid claim against the department;
(2) The chief of police or a division head shall have furnished proof as to the receipt of the materials or performance of the service involved and as to other facts establishing the liability of the department;
(3) All such claims, payrolls, and bills shall have been examined by him and found to be in proper form and correctly computed.
3. Payrolls for salaries or compensation shall also bear the certificate of the chief, or the proper officer at the direction of the chief, that the names of the persons named therein appear in the personnel records as officers or employees of such police department.
4. The claims, when so certified, shall be paid by the proper disbursing officer of the city within ten days after being certified out of any moneys in the city treasury not appropriated to the specific purposes enumerated in section 84.730. The amount of the claims and salary rolls so certified shall not exceed, in any one year, the limitations set forth in section 84.730. The chief finance officer or other disbursing officer of the city shall in no wise be held liable, either personally or officially, for the payment of any claims which are properly certified by the police department to them for payment, and it shall not be their responsibility to pass upon the validity of the claims so properly certified to them.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7677, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7676, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7516; 1919 § 8927; 1909 § 9779
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.790 - Board of police — journal — records — annual report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.790. Board of police — journal — 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 84.350 to 84.860, and all such other matters as may be of public interest, in connection with the duties assigned it by sections 84.350 to 84.860.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7678, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7677)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7518; 1919 § 8929; 1909 § 9781
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.800 - Police relief association.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.800. Police relief association. —
The members of the police force may, by assessment or monthly dues, maintain any police relief association incorporated by them under the laws of Missouri, for the purpose of rendering assistance to sick or injured members, or, in case of the death of any member, to the widow and children, if any.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7679, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7678)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7529; 1919 § 8940; 1909 § 9792
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.810 - Police relief association — police board assistance.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.810. Police relief association — police board assistance. —
The board may assist in the maintenance of such police relief association, by causing to be paid into the treasury thereof, all unclaimed money that may come into the hands of the police, the proceeds of sale of unclaimed property remaining in the hands of the police at the end of each fiscal year; provided, that the treasurer or other officers of such relief association, into whose hands such money may be placed, shall be required to give a good and sufficient bond to the city for securing the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7680, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7679)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7530; 1919 § 8941; 1909 § 9793
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.820 - Aged and disabled police force members — special provisions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.820. Aged and disabled police force members — special provisions. —
The board may, in its discretion, make special provisions for policemen and officers who have grown old in the service, or those crippled while in the discharge of their duties so as to unfit them for active work, by assigning them to special duty at a proper salary or by making other such provisions as may be just and legal.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7681, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7680)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7523; 1919 § 8934; 1909 § 9786
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.840 - Police department — annual audit of accounts.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
84.840. Police department — annual audit of accounts. —
The board of such cities shall at least three months before the close of the fiscal year, provide that a certified audit of the police department's accounts for the current year be made by an independent firm of certified accountants, experienced and qualified in municipal and governmental auditing. The firm shall be selected by the board with the approval of the city's mayor. Such audit shall be complete and general in scope, and report of such audit shall be completed and published within sixty days after the close of such fiscal year, and one copy shall be filed with the public library of such cities.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7682, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.850 - Police department — certain contracts with municipal government.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.850. Police department — certain contracts with municipal government. —
The police may contract with the municipal government of such cities for the performance of any of the following functions: Purchasing, building maintenance and auditing, which functions are common to the two authorities.
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(L. 1943 p. 727 § 7683)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.860 - Interference with enforcement of sections 84.350 to 84.860 — penalty.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.860. Interference with enforcement of sections 84.350 to 84.860 — penalty. —
Any officer or servant of the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of the said cities, or other persons whatsoever, who shall forcibly resist or obstruct the execution or enforcement of any of the provisions of sections 84.350 to 84.860 or relating to the same, or who shall disburse any money in violation thereof, or who shall hinder or obstruct the organization or maintenance of said board of police, or the police force provided in said sections to be organized and maintained, or who shall maintain or control any police force other than the one herein provided for, or who shall delay or hinder the due enforcement of said sections by failing or neglecting to perform the duties therein imposed upon him, shall be liable to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each and every offense, recoverable by the board by action at law in the name of the state, and shall forever thereafter be disqualified from holding or exercising any office or employment whatsoever under the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of said cities, or under said sections; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the punishment, under any existing or any future laws of this state, or any criminal offense which shall be committed by the said parties in or about the resistance, obstruction, hindrance, conspiracy, combination or disbursement aforesaid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7654, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7655)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.870 - Police officer — holidays.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
84.870. Police officer — holidays. —
That the board of police commissioners in cities of one hundred thousand inhabitants and over shall grant each and every metropolitan police officer, in active service, twenty-four days a year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7585)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7442; 1919 § 8850; 1909 § 9699
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.880 - Holidays — no salary deduction.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
84.880. Holidays — no salary deduction. —
No deduction shall be made from the salary of any police officer on account of the aforesaid holidays.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7586)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7443; 1919 § 8851; 1909 § 9700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.890 - Holidays — set apart by chief.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
84.890. Holidays — set apart by chief. —
Upon the taking effect of section 84.870, the board of police commissioners of all cities of one hundred thousand inhabitants and over shall make an order instructing the chief of police to set apart the days in each month each police officer is entitled to under section 84.870.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7587)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7444; 1919 § 8852; 1909 § 9701