[CC 1984 §21-1; Ord. No. 1-7B §§1 — 4, 4-18-1988]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have these prescribed meanings:
EMERGENCY SITUATION
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 political subdivision in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.
MAJOR CASE SQUAD
Formation, operation, organization or cooperative action between any county Governing Body, any municipal government and the City for the purpose of intensive professional investigation of a certain individual crime which may occur in their general geographical area.
RESPONSE
To take any and all action which the Peace Officer may lawfully take as if exercising his/her power within his/her own jurisdiction.
B. 
Emergency Situations. Under an emergency situation, a City Police Officer, having received minimum training as set forth under Chapter 590, RSMo., may respond outside his/her jurisdiction and, acting under the full powers of arrest and authority granted him/her by the City and under policies and procedures which cover him/her as a Police Officer for the City, may respond in his/her official capacity as a Police Officer to any emergency situation.
C. 
Major Case Squad.
1. 
Officers of the City Police Department are authorized to participate and cooperate with any Law Enforcement Officers of jurisdictions in any major case squad operation or formation. The officers designated to act as the major case squad operation will so be designated by the Chief of Police and, when acting outside the City as a member of the major case squad operation, shall be considered to be on active duty the same as he/she is acting within the boundaries of the City. This power shall only be exercised during the time the Peace Officer is an active member of the active major case squad and only within the scope of the investigation on which the squad is working.
2. 
The major case squad shall operate within the City on the request of the Chief of Police.