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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 84.150 - Number of officers in each rank.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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
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, 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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 2009 H.B. 481)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7696)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7548; 1919 § 8958; 1909 § 9810
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7698)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7550; 1919 § 8960; 1909 § 9812
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.230 - Arrests — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7701, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7553; 1919 § 8963; 1909 § 9815
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 84.240 - Bertillon system of identification authorized.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7702, A.L. 1969 p. 77)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7554; 1919 § 8964; 1909 § 9816
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7703)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7555; 1919 § 8965; 1909 § 9817
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.260 - Mounted police.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7704, A.L. 1953 p. 268)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7556; 1919 § 8966; 1909 § 9818
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 333)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7711)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7563; 1919 § 8973; 1909 § 9825
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• 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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
2023 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.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.347 - Nonseverability clause.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote
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
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.350 - Board of police commissioners — organization — qualifications, terms, salaries, audits.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
84.350. Board of police commissioners — organization — qualifications, terms, salaries, audits. —
1. In all cities of this state that now have, or may hereafter have, three hundred thousand inhabitants and not over seven hundred thousand inhabitants, there shall be, and is hereby established, within and for the cities, a board of police commissioners to consist of four commissioners as provided in section 84.360, together with the mayor of such cities, or whosoever may be officially acting in that capacity, who shall be a voting member of the board. The board shall appoint one of its members as president of the board, and one other member as vice president. The president, or vice president in the absence of the president, shall be the presiding officer of the board and shall act for it when the board is not in session. The commissioners shall be citizens of the state of Missouri and shall have been residents of the respective cities in which they are appointed to serve for a period of four years next preceding their appointment, except the mayor, who shall serve for a term equal to his term of office as mayor. The commissioners shall, except as otherwise specified in this section and section 84.360, hold their offices for four years, and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Each commissioner shall receive a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum, payable not less than semimonthly, except that the mayor shall not receive any salary or compensation for his duties as commissioner.
2. The police department of such city may be audited once a year by an independent auditor to be selected by the city's board of police commissioners and approved by the mayor. The police department of such city may be audited at any time by the state auditor or by the auditor of the city. Prior to auditing the police department of such city, the city auditor shall determine which agencies or divisions of the police department would most benefit from performance auditing and notify the board of police commissioners. The city auditor, in conjunction with the board of police commissioners, shall develop a schedule for conducting such audits on such police department agencies or divisions as to not disrupt or interfere with the conduct of police business, the public's safety or the normal course of said auditors' duties or responsibilities for such city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7645, A.L. 1943 p. 727, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 405, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 1993 S.B. 376, A.L. 1995 H.B. 574)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7502; 1919 § 8913; 1909 § 9765
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.360 - Board of police — appointment — term of office — vacancy.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.360. Board of police — appointment — term of office — vacancy. —
The governor of the state of Missouri, by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint the four commissioners provided for in section 84.350, 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 from any cause whatever, 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 whatever, and whenever the term of office of any commissioner expires, the appointment of his successor shall be for four years.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7646, A.L. 1943 p. 727)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.370 - Board of police — oath.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
84.370. Board of police — oath. —
Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the said commissioners shall take and subscribe before the judge of the court of record having jurisdiction of the trial of criminal cases in the county in which the respective cities for which they are appointed to serve shall be located, or the clerk thereof in vacation, 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 in vacation, the further oath or affidavit that they will in no case and under no pretext act on behalf of or against, prefer or disfavor, any policeman or officer of police or other employee of the board for or on account of the political opinions of such person, or for any other cause or reason whatsoever than the fitness or unfitness, merit or lack of merit of such person, in the best judgment of such commissioners, and that during their tenure as members of the board of police commissioners (other than the mayor) they will refrain from partisan political activity, violation of which shall be sufficient cause for removal of such members of the board. The said oaths or affirmations shall be recorded and preserved among the records of said court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7645, A.L. 1943 p. 727, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 405)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7506; 1919 § 8917; 1909 § 9769
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.380 - Board of police, treasurer — appointment — tenure — bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
84.380. Board of police, treasurer — appointment — tenure — bond. —
One of their number shall, from time to time, be appointed by 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 county 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 circuit court of the county in which said cities shall be located, and shall be delivered to and safely kept by the treasurer of said cities.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7645, A.L. 1943 p. 727, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 405, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
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 84.390 - Police commissioners — removal.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.390. Police commissioners — removal. —
For official misconduct any of said commissioners so appointed may be removed by the governor, upon his being satisfied that such commissioner is guilty of the alleged official misconduct. No such commissioner shall be so removed until the governor has first notified such commissioner in writing of the particulars of such alleged official misconduct and shall have given such commissioner a reasonable opportunity to prove his innocence of such misconduct. The provisions of section 106.010 shall not apply to sections 84.350 to 84.860 or to any appointment made hereunder.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7647, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7648)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7505; 1919 § 8916; 1909 § 9768
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.400 - Police commissioners, members of force — forfeiture of office, when — service on boards, commissions, or task forces permitted, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
84.400. Police commissioners, members of force — forfeiture of office, when — service on boards, commissions, or task forces permitted, when. —
1. Any one of said commissioners so appointed or any member of any such police force who, during the term of his or her office, shall accept any other place of public trust, or emolument, or who shall knowingly receive any nomination for an office elective by the people, and shall fail to decline such nomination publicly within the five 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 have thereby forfeited and vacated office as such commissioner or member of such police force.
2. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a member of the board or any member of such police force may be appointed to serve on any state or federal board, commission, or task force where no compensation for such service is paid, except that such board member or member of such police force may accept payment of a per diem for attending meetings, or, if no per diem is provided, reimbursement from such board, commission, or task force for reasonable and necessary expenses for attending such meetings.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7648, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7649, A.L. 2021 H.B. 271 merged with S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7504; 1919 § 8915; 1909 § 9767
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.410 - Board of police — quorum — effective time of regulations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.410. Board of police — quorum — effective time of regulations. —
The majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No rule or regulation of the board shall take effect until fifteen days after final action on it by the board unless otherwise specified by the board. No action shall be taken by the board unless three concurring votes are cast.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7649, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7650)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7507; 1919 § 8918; 1909 § 9770
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.430 - Board of police — personnel disciplinary cases — decrease of force — witnesses, summons and administration of oaths.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.430. Board of police — personnel disciplinary cases — decrease of force — witnesses, summons and administration of oaths. —
1. The board shall hear all complaints or charges filed against any member of the police department. All complaints or charges filed by persons other than the commissioners or police officers shall be verified by the oath of the person filing such complaints or charges. The board may at any time order the discharge of a specified number of police officers for the reason that in the opinion of the board, the police force is larger than the interests of the public demand or that there is insufficient money to pay the expenses of maintaining the police force as then organized; and in such cases it shall not be necessary to file any complaint or charges or to permit a hearing by the board of the policemen or police officers to be removed; but policemen and police officers so dismissed shall be placed at the top of the suitable eligible lists, and when vacancies so created shall be filled the policemen or police officers thus removed shall, if they so desire, be reappointed to fill such vacancies in the order in which such policemen or police officers were removed.
2. Any member of the board shall have power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses before the board and the production of books and papers before them whenever it may be necessary for the more effective discharge of the board's duties and responsibilities. Any member of the board or the secretary of the board shall have the power to administer oaths or affirmations to any person appearing or called before said board.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 7661, 7664, 7665, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7651)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7511, 7512, 7522; 1919 §§ 8922, 8923, 8933; 1909 §§ 9774, 9775, 9785
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.440 - Police officials — power to cause arrest.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.440. Police officials — power to cause arrest. —
In case any police official shall have reason to believe that any person has committed, or is about to commit, within the city or on public property of said city beyond the corporate limits thereof any breach of peace or violation of law and order, or that any person found within the city or on public property of said city beyond the corporate limits thereof is charged with the commission of crime in the state of Missouri, against whom criminal proceedings shall have been issued, or when any person may have committed an offense within view of a member of such police force, said police official may cause such person to be arrested by any member of the police force. In cases where officers make arrest for crime committed within their view, the offenders shall at once be conveyed before some police judge or some judge in the city and the proper complaint against him shall be filed by said officer.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7651, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7652)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7509; 1919 § 8920; 1909 § 9772
(1958) Where officer was authorized to arrest a person on suspicion after seeing loaded rifle in back seat of car, a search of the car was lawful and stolen property therein found held admissible. State v. Cantrell (Mo.), 310 S.W.2d 866.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.450 - Board of police — office and furniture — seal — police districts — use of equipment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
84.450. Board of police — office and furniture — seal — police districts — use of equipment. —
1. The mayor and common council of such city shall be and they are hereby authorized and required to provide the department with an office and office furniture as they may need. The board shall have and use a common seal. The board may divide the city into the needful number of police districts and fix the boundaries thereof; provided, however, that the number of districts into which said city may be divided shall not exceed six.
2. The department, for all the purposes of sections 84.350 to 84.860, shall have the use of all buildings heretofore used by the corporate authorities of the city in policing the city and shall have the use of all scientific equipment, identification equipment, radio and communication equipment, signal systems, watch boxes, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, firearms, office furniture, fixtures, and supplies, all records and correspondence, and all other equipments, accoutrements and other accommodations and things of whatsoever nature heretofore provided by the city for the use and service of the police and for policing the city, as fully and to the same extent as the same are now and may be used by or for the present police force; and the mayor and common council, and all persons and municipal officers in charge thereof, are hereby ordered and required immediately upon the appointment and qualification of the board to allow such use accordingly.
3. In case the mayor and common council of the city, or their officers or agent, refuse or neglect to allow such use when the same shall be required by the board, the board may apply to the circuit court of any county in which the city is located, in the name of the state of Missouri, for a mandamus to compel a compliance with the provisions of this section, and the application therefor shall be heard and decided by that court. One week's notice of the application shall be given, and the respondent shall have the right to answer within one week, and if testimony be needed on either side, it shall be taken within ten days after the answer is filed or the week has expired. From the decision of the circuit court in the premises either party may appeal within ten days; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of that court to send up the record immediately, and the appeal shall be heard 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7652, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7653, A.L. 1965 p. 199)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.460 - Board of police — exclusive management and control of police force.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.460. Board of police — exclusive management and control of police force. —
So soon as the board created herein shall hold their first meeting, it shall be their duty to inform the chief of police and the other officers of the police force of such city that they require their attendance upon them and obedience to their orders. For failure to attend as required, and for each and every failure to obey the lawful orders of said board, the officers so notified shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be recovered by action at law instituted by said board, in the name of the state. From and after the first meeting aforesaid, the whole of the then existing police force in such city shall pass under the exclusive management and control of the said board, and be subject to no other control and entitled to receive neither orders nor pay, except arrearages then due, from any other authority, and shall so continue, subject, however, to removal or suspension, at the discretion of said board, and with the power in said board to fill vacancies, until said board shall publicly declare that the organization of the police force, created by sections 84.350 to 84.860 is complete. Upon such public declaration, and from the time thereof thenceforward, all ordinances of such city are hereby declared null and void, so far as they conflict with sections 84.350 to 84.860 or assume to confer upon the mayor, chief of police, common council, or any other person or persons, the power to appoint, dismiss, or in any way or to any extent, employ or control any police force organized or to be organized under such ordinances, or any of them, and from and after such public declaration as aforesaid, the police force organized, or which may be organized under such ordinances, or any of them, shall cease to exist, and its functions and powers be at an end.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7653, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7654)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.470 - Permanent police force.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 1943
84.470. Permanent police force. —
To enable the board of police to perform the duties imposed upon them, they are hereby authorized and required, as speedily as may be, to provide for the appointment, enrollment and employment of a permanent police force for the respective cities for which they are appointed to serve, which they shall organize, uniform, equip and arm as they may judge necessary; subject always, however, to the standards, limitations and restrictions established and set forth in sections 84.480 to 84.620.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7655, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7656)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7513; 1919 § 8924; 1909 § 9776
CROSS REFERENCES:
Appointment of men and women officers, 71.200
Police to be residents of state, 85.005
Special deputies to be residents of state, 542.190
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 84 - Police Departments in St. Louis and Kansas City › Section 84.480 - Chief of police — appointment — qualifications — compensation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 84
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023, 4 histories
84.480. Chief of police — appointment — qualifications — compensation. —
The board of police commissioners shall appoint a chief of police who shall be the chief police administrative and law enforcement officer of such cities. The chief of police shall be chosen by the board solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications and his or her demonstrated knowledge of police science and administration with special reference to his or her actual experience in law enforcement leadership and the provisions of section 84.420. At the time of the appointment, the chief shall have had at least five years' executive experience in a governmental police agency and shall be certified by a surgeon or physician to be in a good physical condition, and shall be a citizen of the United States and shall either be or become a citizen of the state of Missouri and resident of the city in which he or she is appointed as chief of police. In order to secure and retain the highest type of police leadership within the departments of such cities, the chief shall receive a salary of not less than eighty thousand two hundred eleven dollars, nor more than a maximum salary amount established by the board by resolution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7656, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7657, A.L. 1951 p. 297, A.L. 1955 p. 307, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 1963 p. 135, A.L. 1965 p. 199, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 873, A.L. 1969 p. 149, A.L. 1971 S.B. 118, A.L. 1975 S.B. 349, A.L. 1977 S.B. 68, A.L. 1979 H.B. 702, A.L. 1981 S.B. 164, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1433 & 1574, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1304, A.L. 1991 H.B. 321 & 343, A.L. 1998 S.B. 473, A.L. 2001 S.B. 4, A.L. 2008 S.B. 801, A.L. 2013 H.B. 336, A.L. 2023 S.B. 186)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7524; 1919 § 8935; 1909 § 9787