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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.545 - Payment of expenses — annual assessment collected — incurring of obligations, restrictions — accounts maintained.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.545. Payment of expenses — annual assessment collected — incurring of obligations, restrictions — accounts maintained. —
1. The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities.
2. The Interstate Commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state and shall promulgate a Rule binding upon all compacting states which governs said assessment.
3. The Interstate Commission shall not incur any obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states, except by and with the authority of the compacting state.
4. The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its By-laws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.548 - Eligibility of compacting states — effective date of compact — amendments.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.548. Eligibility of compacting states — effective date of compact — amendments. —
1. Any state, as defined in Article II of this compact, is eligible to become a compacting state. The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no less than thirty-five of the States. The initial effective date shall be the latter of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the Compact into law by that state. The governors of Nonmember states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States.
2. Amendments to the Compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02; see subsection 1 of this section
Revisor's Note: On June 19, 2002, Pennsylvania became the thirty-fifth jurisdiction to enact this Compact into law.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.551 - Withdrawal.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.551. Withdrawal. —
1. Once effective, the Compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state; PROVIDED, that a compacting state may withdraw from the Compact ("withdrawing state" ) by enacting a statute specifically repealing the statute which enacted the Compact into law.
2. The effective date of withdrawal is the effective date of the repeal.
3. The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the Chairperson of the Interstate Commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing the Compact in the withdrawing state.
4. The Interstate Commission shall notify the other compacting states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw within sixty days of its receipt thereof.
5. The withdrawing state is responsible for all assessments, obligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal, including any obligations, the performance of which extend beyond the effective date of withdrawal.
6. Reinstatement following withdrawal of any compacting state shall occur upon the withdrawing state's reenacting the Compact or upon such later date as determined by the Interstate Commission.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.557 - Judicial enforcement.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.557. Judicial enforcement. —
The Interstate Commission may, by majority vote of the Members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the Interstate Commission, in the Federal District where the Interstate Commission has its offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact, its duly promulgated Rules and By-laws, against any compacting state in default. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation including reasonable fees.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.560 - Dissolution of compact.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.560. Dissolution of compact. —
The Compact dissolves effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the compacting state which reduces membership in the Compact to one compacting state. Upon the dissolution of this Compact, the Compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the Interstate Commission shall be wound up and any surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the By-laws.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.563 - Severability clause.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.563. Severability clause. —
1. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Compact shall be enforceable.
2. The provisions of this Compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.566 - Effect of other laws.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.566. Effect of other laws. —
1. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this Compact.
2. All compacting states' laws conflicting with this Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.569 - Binding effect of the compact.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
589.569. Binding effect of the compact. —
1. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all Rules and By-laws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the compacting states.
2. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.
3. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation.
4. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this Compact becomes effective.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)
Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.660 - Definitions.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories
589.660. Definitions. —
As used in sections 589.660 to 589.681, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Address"
, a residential street address, school address, or work address of a person, as specified on the person's application to be a program participant;
(2)
"Application assistant"
, an employee or volunteer of a government agency, or of a nonprofit program that provides counseling, referral, shelter, or other specialized service to victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, human trafficking, stalking, or other crimes who has been designated by the respective agency or program, and who has been trained and registered by the secretary of state to assist individuals in the completion of program participation applications;
(3)
"Designated address"
, the address assigned to a program participant by the secretary;
(4)
"Mailing address"
, an address that is recognized for delivery by the United States Postal Service;
(5)
"Program"
, the address confidentiality program established in section 589.663;
(6)
"Program participant"
, a person certified by the secretary of state as eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program;
(7)
"Secretary"
, the secretary of state.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1562, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.664 - Disclosure of address, when — notice — limitation on dissemination.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
589.664. Disclosure of address, when — notice — limitation on dissemination. —
1. If an individual is deemed a participant in the address confidentiality program by the secretary of state, no person or entity shall be compelled to disclose the participant's actual address during the discovery phase of or during a proceeding before a court or other tribunal unless the court or tribunal first finds, on the record, that:
(1) There is a reasonable belief that the address is needed to obtain information or evidence without which the investigation, prosecution, or litigation cannot proceed; and
(2) There is no other practicable way of obtaining the information or evidence.
2. The court shall first provide the program participant and the secretary notice that address disclosure is sought.
3. The program participant shall have an opportunity to present evidence regarding the potential harm to the safety of the program participant if the address is disclosed. In determining whether to compel disclosure, the court shall consider whether the potential harm to the safety of the participant is outweighed by the interest in disclosure.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no court shall order an individual who has had his or her application to the program accepted by the secretary to disclose his or her actual address or the location of his or her residence without giving the secretary proper notice. The secretary shall have the right to intervene in any civil proceeding in which a court is considering ordering a participant to disclose his or her actual address.
5. Disclosure of a participant's actual address under this section shall be limited under the terms of the order to ensure that the disclosure and dissemination of the actual address will be no greater than necessary for the purposes of the investigation, prosecution, or litigation.
6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the court or any other tribunal from issuing a protective order to prevent the disclosure of information other than the participant's actual address that could reasonably lead to the discovery of the program participant's location.
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(L. 2017 S.B. 34, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.666 - Cancellation of certification, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
589.666. Cancellation of certification, when. —
Certification of a program participant may be cancelled by the secretary if one or more of the following conditions apply:
(1) If the program participant obtains a name change, unless the program participant provides the secretary with documentation of a legal name change within ten business days of the name change;
(2) If there is a change in the mailing address for the person listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the secretary with notice of the change in such manner as the secretary provides by rule;
(3) The participant relocates outside of the state of Missouri; or
(4) The applicant or program participant violates subdivision (2) of section 589.663.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.669 - Address accepted as participant's address, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
589.669. Address accepted as participant's address, when. —
Upon demonstration that an applicant has been accepted into the program by the secretary, government agencies and the courts shall accept the designated address as a program participant's address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has determined that:
(1) An agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the program participant's address or mailing address and is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without the address; and
(2) The program participant's address or mailing address shall be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes and shall not be made publicly available.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.672 - Availability of participant addresses.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
589.672. Availability of participant addresses. —
If the secretary deems it appropriate, the secretary may make a program participant's address or mailing address available for inspection or copying, under the following circumstances:
(1) If a law enforcement agency requests it in the manner provided for by rule; or
(2) If a director of a government agency or the director's designee requests it in the manner provided for by rule and upon a showing of a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the program participant's address or mailing address, such that the director or the director's designee is unable to fulfill statutory duties and obligations without the address or mailing address.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.675 - Inspection and copying of addresses, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories
589.675. Inspection and copying of addresses, when. —
If the secretary deems it appropriate, the secretary may make a program participant's address and mailing address available for inspection or copying to a person identified in a court order, upon the secretary's receipt of such court order that complies with section 589.664
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
*Section number "559.664" appears in original rolls, which does not exist.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.678 - Application, supporting materials, and communications not public records.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
589.678. Application, supporting materials, and communications not public records. —
A program participant's application, all supporting materials, and all communications with the secretary of state's address confidentiality program are not public records and are exempt from chapter 610.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1461)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.681 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
589.681. Rulemaking authority. —
The secretary shall promulgate rules to establish and administer the address confidentiality program. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 589.660 to 589.681 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2007, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services › Section 589.683 - Inapplicability of Missouri sunset act.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 589
Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
589.683. Inapplicability of Missouri sunset act. —
Section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act shall not apply to any program established pursuant to sections 589.660 to 589.681.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2011 S.B. 320)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.010 - Definitions.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
*590.010. Definitions. —
As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Commission"
, when not obviously referring to the POST commission, means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer;
(2)
"Director"
, the director of the Missouri department of public safety or his or her designated agent or representative;
(3)
"Peace officer"
, a law enforcement officer of the state or any political subdivision of the state with the power of arrest for a violation of the criminal code or declared or deemed to be a peace officer by state statute;
(4)
"POST commission"
, the peace officer standards and training commission;
(5)
"Reserve peace officer"
, a peace officer who regularly works less than thirty hours per week;
(6)
"School protection officer"
, an elementary or secondary school teacher or administrator who has been designated as a school protection officer by a school district.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2014 S.B. 656)
*Effective 10-10-14, see § 21.250. S.B. 656 was vetoed July 14, 2014. The veto was overridden on September 10, 2014.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.020 - Peace officer license required, when — classes of officers established — no license required, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.020. Peace officer license required, when — classes of officers established — no license required, when. —
1. No person shall hold a commission as a peace officer without a valid peace officer license.
2. The director shall establish various classes of peace officer license and may provide that certain classes are not valid for commission within counties of certain classifications, by certain state agencies, or for commission as other than a reserve peace officer with police powers restricted to the commissioning political subdivision.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no license shall be required:
(1) Of any person who has no power of arrest;
(2) To seek or hold an elected county office, subject to such requirements as chapter 57 may impose;
(3) To be commissioned pursuant to section 64.335 as a park ranger not carrying a firearm;
(4) To be commissioned as a peace officer by a political subdivision having less than four full-time paid peace officers or a population less than two thousand, provided that such commission was in effect on August 28, 2001, and continually since that date, and provided that this exception shall not apply to any commission within a county of the first class having a charter form of government;
(5) Of any reserve officer continually holding the same commission since August 15, 1988; or
(6) For any person continually holding any commission as a full-time peace officer since December 31, 1978.
4. Any political subdivision or law enforcement agency may require its peace officers to meet standards more stringent than those required for licensure pursuant to this chapter.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.033 - Chief of police training course, POST commission to establish minimum standards — exemption, when — failure to complete, loss of funds — compensation.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
590.033. Chief of police training course, POST commission to establish minimum standards — exemption, when — failure to complete, loss of funds — compensation. —
1. The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for a chief of police training course which shall include at least forty hours of training. All police chiefs appointed after August 28, 2023, shall attend a chief of police training course certified by the POST commission not later than six months after the person's appointment as a chief of police.
2. A chief of police may request an exemption from the training in subsection 1 of this section by submitting to the POST commission proof of completion of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national academy course or any other equivalent training course within the previous ten years or at least five years of experience as a police chief in a Missouri law enforcement agency.
3. Any law enforcement agency who has a chief of police appointed after August 28, 2023, who fails to complete a chief of police training course within six months of appointment shall be precluded from receiving any POST commission training funds, state grant funds, or federal grant funds until the police chief has completed the training course.
4. While attending a chief of police training course, the chief of police shall receive compensation in the same manner and amount as if carrying out the powers and duties of the chief of police. The cost of the chief of police training course may be paid by moneys from the peace officer standards and training commission fund created in section 590.178.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 186)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.050 - Continuing education requirements.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 2 histories
590.050. Continuing education requirements. —
1. The POST commission shall establish requirements for the continuing education of all peace officers. Peace officers who make traffic stops shall be required to receive three hours of training within the law enforcement continuing education three-year
*
reporting period concerning the prohibition against racial profiling and such training shall promote understanding and respect for racial and cultural differences and the use of effective, noncombative methods for carrying out law enforcement duties in a racially and culturally diverse environment.
2. The director shall license continuing education providers and may probate, suspend and revoke such licenses upon written notice stating the reasons for such action. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant to this subsection may appeal as provided in chapter 536.
3. The costs of continuing law enforcement education shall be reimbursed in part by moneys from the peace officer standards and training commission fund created in section 590.178, subject to availability of funds, except that no such funds shall be used for the training of any person not actively commissioned or employed by a county or municipal law enforcement agency.
4. The director may engage in any activity intended to further the professionalism of peace officers through training and education, including the provision of specialized training through the department of public safety.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2224 merged with S.B. 930 & 947 merged with S.B. 932)
*Word "hour" appears here in original rolls of S.B. 930 & 947, 2008.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.060 - Minimum standards for training instructors and centers — licensure of instructors — background check required, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.060. Minimum standards for training instructors and centers — licensure of instructors — background check required, when. —
1. The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for training instructors and training centers, and the director shall establish minimum qualifications for admittance into a basic training course.
2. The director shall license training instructors, centers, and curricula, and may probate, suspend and revoke such licenses upon written notice stating the reasons for such action. Any person aggrieved by a decision pursuant to this subsection may appeal as provided in chapter 536.
3. Each person seeking entrance into a basic training program shall submit a fingerprint card and authorization for a criminal history background check to include the records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the training center where such person is seeking entrance. The training center shall cause a criminal history background check to be made and shall cause the resulting report to be forwarded to the director. The person seeking entrance may be charged a fee for the cost of this procedure.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.070 - Commissioning and departure of peace officers, director to be notified — immunity from liability, chief executive officer, when.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
590.070. Commissioning and departure of peace officers, director to be notified — immunity from liability, chief executive officer, when. —
1. The chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency shall, within thirty days after commissioning any peace officer, notify the director on a form to be adopted by the director. The director may require the chief executive officer to conduct a current criminal history background check and to forward the resulting report to the director.
2. The chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency shall, within thirty days after any licensed peace officer departs from employment or otherwise ceases to be commissioned, notify the director on a form to be adopted by the director. Such notice shall state the circumstances surrounding the departure from employment or loss of commission and shall specify any of the following that apply:
(1) The officer failed to meet the minimum qualifications for commission as a peace officer;
(2) The officer violated municipal, state or federal law;
(3) The officer violated the regulations of the law enforcement agency; or
(4) The officer was under investigation for violating municipal, state or federal law, or for gross violations of the law enforcement agency regulations.
3. Whenever the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe that any peace officer commissioned by the agency is subject to discipline pursuant to section 590.080, the chief executive officer shall report such knowledge to the director.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency has absolute immunity from suit for compliance with this section, unless the chief executive officer presented false information to the director with the intention of causing reputational harm to the peace officer.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.075 - Candidates for commissioning, chief executive officer to request copy of notifications under 590.070 — certified copy prior to commissioning.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
Effective - 28 Aug 2021
590.075. Candidates for commissioning, chief executive officer to request copy of notifications under 590.070 — certified copy prior to commissioning. —
The chief executive officer of each law enforcement agency shall, prior to commissioning any peace officer, request a certified copy from the director of all notifications received pursuant to section 590.070 and the director shall provide all notifications stored electronically to the chief executive officer who requested the notifications within three business days after receipt of request. If the director receives any additional notifications regarding the candidate for commissioning within sixty days of a chief executive officer's request under this section, a copy of such notifications shall be forwarded by the director to the requesting chief executive officer within three business days following receipt.
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(L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.090 - Suspension of a license, when, procedure.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.090. Suspension of a license, when, procedure. —
1. The director shall have cause to suspend immediately the peace officer license of any licensee who:
(1) Is under indictment for, is charged with, or has been convicted of the commission of any felony;
(2) Is subject to an order of another state, territory, the federal government, or any peace officer licensing authority suspending or revoking a peace officer license or certification; or
(3) Presents a clear and present danger to the public health or safety if commissioned as a peace officer.
2. At any time after the filing of a disciplinary complaint pursuant to section 590.080, if the director determines that probable cause exists to suspend immediately the peace officer license of the subject of the complaint, the director may, without notice or hearing, issue an emergency order suspending such license until final determination of the disciplinary complaint. Such order shall state the probable cause for the suspension and shall be served upon the licensee by certified mail at the licensee's address of record pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of section 590.130
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. Proof of refusal of the licensee to accept delivery or the inability of postal authorities to deliver such certified mail shall be evidence that required notice has been given. The director shall also notify the chief executive officer of any law enforcement agency currently commissioning the officer. The director shall have authority to dissolve an emergency order of suspension at any time for any reason.
3. A licensee subject to an emergency order of suspension may petition the administrative hearing commission for review of the director's determination of probable cause, in which case the administrative hearing commission shall within five business days conduct an emergency hearing, render its decision, and issue findings of fact and conclusions of law. Sworn affidavits or depositions shall be admissible on the issue of probable cause and may be held sufficient to establish probable cause. The administrative hearing commission shall have no authority to stay or terminate an emergency order of suspension without a hearing pursuant to this subsection. Findings and conclusions made in determining probable cause for an emergency suspension shall not be binding on any party in any proceeding pursuant to section 590.080.
4. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the administrative hearing commission pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court of Cole County as provided in section 536.100.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80)
*Section 590.130 was repealed by H.B. 80, 2001.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.100 - Denial of an application, when — review process.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.100. Denial of an application, when — review process. —
1. The director shall have cause to deny any application for a peace officer license or entrance into a basic training course when the director has knowledge that would constitute cause to discipline the applicant if the applicant were licensed.
2. When the director has knowledge of cause to deny an application pursuant to this section, the director may grant the application subject to probation or may deny the application. The director shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for such action and of the right to appeal pursuant to this section.
3. Any applicant aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant to this section may appeal within thirty days to the administrative hearing commission, which shall conduct a hearing to determine whether the director has cause for denial, and which shall issue findings of fact and conclusions of law on the matter. The administrative hearing commission shall not consider the relative severity of the cause for denial or any rehabilitation of the applicant or otherwise impinge upon the discretion of the director to determine whether to grant the application subject to probation or deny the application when cause exists pursuant to this section. Failure to submit a written request for a hearing to the administrative hearing commission within thirty days after a decision of the director pursuant to this section shall constitute a waiver of the right to appeal such decision.
4. Upon a finding by the administrative hearing commission that cause for denial exists, the director shall not be bound by any prior action on the matter and shall, within thirty days, hold a hearing to determine whether to grant the application subject to probation or deny the application. If the licensee fails to appear at the director's hearing, this shall constitute a waiver of the right to such hearing.
5. The provisions of chapter 621 and any amendments thereto, except those provisions or amendments that are in conflict with this chapter, shall apply to and govern the proceedings of the administrative hearing commission pursuant to this section and the rights and duties of the parties involved.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 879 & 899 § 1, A.L. 1988 S.B. 532, A.L. 1993 S.B. 268, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.110 - Investigation of denial of licensure, procedure.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.110. Investigation of denial of licensure, procedure. —
1. The director may investigate any cause for the discipline of any license or denial of any application pursuant to this chapter. During the course of such investigation, the director shall have the power to inspect any training center, require by subpoena the attendance and sworn deposition of any witness and the production of any documents, records, or evidence that the director deems relevant. Subpoenas shall be served by a person authorized to serve subpoenas of courts of record. In lieu of the production of any document or record, the director may require that a sworn copy of such document or record be delivered to the director.
2. The director may apply to the circuit court of Cole County or of any county where the person resides or may be found for an order upon any person who shall fail to obey a subpoena to show cause why such subpoena should not be enforced. A show cause order and a copy of the application shall be served upon the person in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. If, after a hearing, the circuit court determines that the subpoena should be enforced, the court shall proceed to enforce the subpoena in the same manner as in a civil case.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 879 & 899 § 3, A.L. 1988 S.B. 532, A.L. 1993 S.B. 268, A.L. 1994 S.B. 475, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.118 - Peace officer investigations made available to hiring law enforcement agencies.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
590.118. Peace officer investigations made available to hiring law enforcement agencies. —
1. All completed investigations of alleged acts of a peace officer shall be made available to any hiring law enforcement agency. The transfer of any law enforcement agency record to another law enforcement agency does not make the record a public record.
2. Any law enforcement agency with information showing a peace officer's unfitness for licensure shall provide such information to the peace officer's standards and training commission.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.145 - Highway patrol academy fund created — use of funds therein.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
590.145. Highway patrol academy fund created — use of funds therein. —
All moneys received by the Missouri state highway patrol for the training of peace officers who are not members of the state highway patrol shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the "Highway Patrol Academy Fund" which is hereby created. Subject to section 33.080, balances from this fund shall be made available for the repair, maintenance, operation, and personal services required to operate the patrol academy and for no other purpose.
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(L. 1978 H.B. 879 & 899 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.178 - Peace officer standards and training commission fund established.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
590.178. Peace officer standards and training commission fund established. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission Fund". The peace officer standards and training commission fund shall be administered by the peace officer standards and training commission. Money in the fund shall be used solely for training required as provided in sections 590.100 to 590.180, or for additional training for peace officers or for training for other law enforcement employees appointed by the county or municipality as approved by the commission. All interest earned upon moneys in the fund shall be credited to the peace officer standards and training commission fund.
2. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, moneys in the peace officer standards and training fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of the general revenue fund.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 268 § 1, A.L. 1994 S.B. 475)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.180 - Licensure status of peace officer inadmissible in determining validity of arrest — open records of peace officers.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
590.180. Licensure status of peace officer inadmissible in determining validity of arrest — open records of peace officers. —
1. No arrest shall be deemed unlawful solely because of the licensure status of a peace officer, and evidence on the question cannot be received in any civil or criminal case.
2. The name, licensure status, and commissioning or employing law enforcement agency, if any, of applicants and licensees pursuant to this chapter shall be an open record. All other records retained by the director pertaining to any applicant or licensee shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to the public or any member of the public, except with written consent of the person or entity whose records are involved, provided, however, that the director may disclose such information in the course of voluntary interstate exchange of information, during the course of litigation involving the director, to other state agencies, or, upon a final determination of cause to discipline, to law enforcement agencies. No closed record conveyed to the director pursuant to this chapter shall lose its status as a closed record solely because it is retained by the director. Nothing in this section shall be used to compel the director to disclose any record subject to attorney-client privilege or work-product privilege.
3. In any investigation, hearing, or other proceeding pursuant to this chapter, any record relating to any applicant or licensee shall be discoverable by the director and shall be admissible into evidence, regardless of any statutory or common law privilege or the status of any record as open or closed, including records in criminal cases whether or not a sentence has been imposed. No person or entity shall withhold records or testimony bearing upon the fitness to be commissioned as a peace officer of any applicant or licensee on the ground of any privilege involving the applicant or licensee, with the exception of attorney-client privilege.
4. Any person or entity submitting information to the director pursuant to this chapter and doing so in good faith and without negligence shall be immune from all criminal and civil liability arising from the submission of such information and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against such person.
5. No person shall make any unauthorized use of any testing materials or certification examination administered pursuant to subsection 2 of section 590.030.
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(L. 1988 S.B. 532, A.L. 2001 H.B. 80)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders › Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline › Section 590.190 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 590
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
590.190. Rulemaking authority. —
The director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 80, A.L. 2007 S.B. 270)