City of St. Charles, MO Article I General Provisions

Section 200.010 Powers In General.

[R.O. 2011 § 200.010; R.O. 2009 § 34.01; CC 1981 § 23-24; Ord. No. 3626, 2-4-1969; Ord. No. 98-70, 2-9-1998]

Every member of the Department shall have power at all times to make or order an arrest with proper process for any offense against the ordinances of the City and the laws of the State and to keep an offender in any City prison or jail or other proper place to prevent his/her escape until trial, unless such offender shall give good and sufficient bond for his/her appearance for trial, and shall also have power to make arrest without process in all cases in which any offense against the ordinances of the City and the laws of the State shall be committed in the officer's presence or when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe any such offense has been committed. Every member of the Department shall have the power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs or other process issued by the Municipal Judge of the City at any place within the City.

Section 200.020 Qualifications Of Members. [1]

[R.O. 2011 § 200.020; R.O. 2009 § 34.02; CC 1981 § 23-25; Ord. No. 3626, 2-4-1969]

No member of the Police Department, as provided in this Chapter, shall be permitted to serve as a member of such Department unless he/she is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and shall, from time to time, pass a satisfactory physical examination, and hold a commission as a Peace Officer under Chapter 590, RSMo.

[1] Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.

Section 200.030 Emergencies Outside City Limits.

[R.O. 2011 § 200.030; R.O. 2009 § 34.03; CC 1981 § 23-26; Ord. No. 87-25, 2-7-1987; Ord. No. 87-189, 9-28-1987; Ord. No. 87-215, 11-6-1987; Ord. No. 88-87, 6-10-1988; Ord. No. 95-81, 3-22-1995; Ord. No. 00-125, 5-3-2000; Ord. No. 07-162, 6-11-2007]

A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

EMERGENCY SITUATION

Any situation in which the Police 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 the officer's response is reasonably necessary to prevent or end the emergency situation or mitigate the likelihood of injury involved in the emergency situation. The determination of the existence of any emergency situation shall be in the discretion of the officer or governmental officer of the political subdivision in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.

RESPONSE or RESPOND

To take any and all action which the officer may lawfully take as if exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.

B. Under the authority granted by Sections 70.820 and 70.837, RSMo., any Police Officer of the City who has completed the basic training program as established by Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the boundaries of the City; provided however, that such authorization to respond shall exist only within those jurisdictions within this State or a bordering State which by their governing bodies or officials have adopted an ordinance, order or other ruling which authorizes the Law Enforcement Officers of the respective jurisdictions to respond to emergencies outside the boundaries of their jurisdictions.

C. Every response to an emergency situation outside the City limits of the City shall be reported by the Chief of Police to the Mayor, with an explanation of the reason for the response.

Section 200.040 Fees For Copying Records, Fingerprinting And Criminal Record Checks. [1]

[R.O. 2011 § 200.040; R.O. 2009 § 34.05; CC 1981 § 23-30; Ord. No. 92-101, 5-21-1992; Ord. No. 07-208, 7-20-2007; Ord. No. 22-020, 2-22-2022; Ord. No. 22-166, 12-20-2022]

A. The fee for copying Police Department records and for processing a criminal record check shall be the amounts stated in Section 150.030 per record or per record check.

B. The fee for fingerprinting a non-resident of the City shall be the amount stated in Section 150.030; there shall be no charge for City residents.

[1] Cross Reference: As to penalty, § 100.150.

Section 200.050 Restrictions On Use Of Police Department Dedicated Vehicles.

[R.O. 2011 § 200.050; R.O. 2009 § 34.06; Ord. No. 04-129, 7-2-2004; Ord. No. 05-233, 9-7-2005; Ord. No. 12-144 § 1, 8-9-2012; Ord. No. 14-154 § 1, 7-15-2014]

A. "Dedicated vehicle" shall mean a St. Charles Police Department vehicle assigned to a certain departmental position or positions.

B. A departmental position assigned a dedicated vehicle shall only be able to use the assigned dedicated vehicle during off-duty status if the holder of the position is a resident of the City or is a resident of an area of unincorporated St. Charles County that is surrounded by land within the municipal boundary of the City; except that this residency limitation shall not apply to Police Majors, Police Captains, employees assigned to positions as mounted patrol officers or canine officers, and those employees that reside within thirty (30) miles of the municipal boundary of the City and are assigned to the special response team or are an on-call responding detective and their detective bureau supervisors. Use shall be limited to the duties of the employee's departmental position.