[Ord. No. 96-10 §§1 — 4, 12-2-1996]
A. 
Under the authority set forth in Section 70.837, RSMo., the Fire Department, the Police Department, and the Department of Public Works which includes the water, sewer and street departments are hereby authorized to respond and provide assistance in an emergency situation and upon the request of another District, City, County or State agency within the State of Missouri.
B. 
As used herein the term "emergency situation" means any combination of circumstances or events involving danger of imminent danger to human life or property which require immediate action.
C. 
The City Department shall only respond to an emergency situation outside of its limits when authorized to do so by the Mayor or the highest ranking department head available to make such a decision and in no event shall any members of any department respond to an emergency situation outside the City limits if there is any emergency situation that then exists within the City limits and, further providing, that in the event an emergency situation develops at such time as any members of City departments are responding to an outside emergency situation such members shall return immediately to the City to address the City's emergency situation upon request by City officials.
D. 
No provision of this Section is intended to require any member of the Police Department, Fire Department or Public Works Department to respond to emergency situations outside the City limits and refusal to do so by any member shall in no way be held against such member for any purpose whatsoever by the City or all City officials and employees.
[Ord. No. 09-07 §1, 9-8-2009]
A. 
All members of the Police Department shall cooperate with State and Federal agencies charged with enforcing immigration laws.
B. 
Any member of the Police Department who has contact with a representative of any State or Federal agency engaged in the enforcement of immigration laws concerning possible violations of such laws shall immediately notify the Department's compliance officer.
C. 
This notification shall be documented in writing by the reporting officer and the compliance officer. The compliance officer shall promptly inform the City Marshal who shall issue such further orders as are necessary to effectuate this policy.