[R.O. 2012 §200.010]
The Mayor with the approval of a majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen shall appoint a Chief of Police, who shall perform all duties required of the Chief of Police by law and any other Police Officers found by the Board of Aldermen to be necessary for the good government of the City. The Chief of Police shall be twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
[R.O. 2012 §200.020]
The Police of the City may be appointed in such numbers, for such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. They shall have power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs or other process, and to make arrests in the same manner as the Chief of Police. They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned by the municipality outside of the boundaries of such municipality. The Chief of Police and Policemen shall be conservators of the peace, and shall be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order within the City.
[R.O. 2012 §200.030]
The Board of Aldermen of the City may by ordinance enter into a contract or agreement with any other political subdivision, for the provision of Police services by one political subdivision to another on request, as provided for in Section 70.815, RSMo. The terms "Police", "Policemen" and "Police Department" as used herein shall refer to Law Enforcement Officers of the contracting entity.
[R.O. 2012 §200.040]
A. 
Any full-time Police Officer of this City who is certified pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the boundaries of the City from which such Police Officer's authority is derived. This Section does not apply to any Police Officer certified pursuant to Subsection (6) of Section 590.105, RSMo.
B. 
Before a Police Officer shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the boundaries of the City from which the officer's authority is derived pursuant to Subsection (A) of this Section, the authority shall be first authorized by ordinance, order, or other ruling by the Board of Aldermen and by the governing body of the political subdivision in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring and by the Board of Police established by Section 84.020, RSMo., or by the Board of Police Commissioners established by Section 84.350, RSMo., if the officer derives his/her authority from either Board or if the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring within the jurisdiction of either Board.
C. 
As used in this Section, "emergency situation" means any situation in which the Law Enforcement Officer has a reasonable belief that a crime is about to be committed, is being committed, or has been committed involving injury or threat of injury to any person, property, or governmental interest and such officer's response is reasonably necessary to prevent or end such emergency situation or mitigate the likelihood of injury involved in such emergency situation. The determination of the existence of any emergency situation shall be in the discretion of the officer making the response or in the discretion of an officer or governmental officer of the City in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.
D. 
As used in this Section, "response" shall mean to take any and all action which the officer may lawfully take as if exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.
E. 
Any Police Officer of the City who has completed the basic Police Officer training program pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., may arrest persons who violate any provision of State law within the boundaries of any County of the First Classification or of any City not within a County.
F. 
In addition to the powers prescribed in Subsections (A) and (E) of this Section, Section 544.216, RSMo., and any other arrest powers, a Law Enforcement Officer or Federal Law Enforcement Officer as defined in Subsection (H) of this Section, may arrest on view, and without a warrant, at any place within this State, any person the officer sees asserting physical force or using forcible compulsion for the purpose of causing or creating a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to any person or any person the officer sees committing a dangerous felony as defined in Section 556.061, RSMo. Any such action shall be deemed to be within the scope of the officer's employment.
G. 
To provide assistance to Law Enforcement Officers, a Federal Law Enforcement Officer shall have the same authority as a Law Enforcement Officer where:
1. 
The Federal Law Enforcement Officer is rendering assistance at the request of any Law Enforcement Officer of this State; or
2. 
The Federal Law Enforcement Officer is effecting an arrest or providing assistance as part of a bona fide task force or joint investigation in which Law Enforcement Officers of this State are participating.
H. 
A Federal Law Enforcement Officer is a person employed by the United States Government who is empowered to effect an arrest with or without a warrant for violation of the United States Code and who is authorized to carry a firearm in the performance of the person's official duties as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer and includes a Law Enforcement Officer as defined in Section 556.061, RSMo.
[R.O. 2012 §200.050; Ord. No. 631, 12-6-1993]
The members of the Ash Grove Board of Aldermen hereby authorize the Police Chief and his/her Police Department staff to participate as a member agent with the South Central Missouri Major Case Squad. Coordination among local law enforcement agencies will enhance the efforts of the Ash Grove Police Department in investigating major crimes and apprehending offenders and curtailing unlawful acts within the Greene County limits. Participation by the Ash Grove Police Department requires no expense from Greene County General Revenue.