[Ord. No. 1427 §§2 —
3, 9-11-1997; Ord. No.
1569 §§1 — 2, 11-8-2001]
A.
There
is hereby adopted for the regulation and government of the Police
Department of the City of Woodson Terrace and all officers and other
personnel thereof, the "Police Personnel Manual of the City of Woodson
Terrace" which is on file in the City offices and which is incorporated
herein and made a part of this Chapter.
B.
The
Chief of Police is authorized to adopt from time to time policies
and procedures for the conduct of the Police Department and the officers
and employees thereof as he/she deems appropriate, not inconsistent
with the terms of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1507 §§1 —
7, 10-14-1999]
A.
Any
Law Enforcement Officer as defined by Section 556.061, RSMo., full-time
Peace Officer of a County as defined by Section 590.100, RSMo., or
full-time Peace Officer of any political subdivision who is certified
pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., or a Chief Executive Officer as defined
by Section 590.100, RSMo., of a County or any political subdivision,
certified pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have the authority
to respond to an emergency situation within the City of Woodson Terrace.
B.
All
full-time Police Officers of the City of Woodson Terrace certified
pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have the authority to respond
to an emergency situation outside the boundaries of this City and
within the jurisdiction of any other political subdivision which has
adopted a similar ordinance, order or ruling authorizing such action
pursuant to Section 70.820, RSMo.
C.
As
used herein, the term "emergency situation" shall
mean 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.
D.
As
used in this Section, the term "response" shall mean
to take any and all action which an officer may lawfully take as if
exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.
E.
All
full-time officers of the City of Woodson Terrace who have completed
the basic Peace Officer training program pursuant to Chapter 590,
RSMo., may arrest persons who violate any provisions of State law
within the boundaries of St. Louis County or the City of St. Louis
pursuant to the provisions of Section 70.820-5, RSMo.
F.
Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 70.820-6, RSMo., any Police Officer of
the City of Woodson Terrace shall have the authority to arrest on
view, and without a warrant, at any place within the State of Missouri,
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.
G.
Any
action taken by any Police Officer of the City of Woodson Terrace
within the boundaries of any other political subdivision pursuant
to the authority granted by this Section or Section 70.820, RSMo.,
shall be deemed to be within the scope of such officer's employment
by the City of Woodson Terrace. Any action taken by any officer of
any other political subdivision within the City of Woodson Terrace
authorized pursuant to an ordinance of such other political subdivision
in accordance with Section 70.820, RSMo., shall be deemed to be in
the scope of such officer's employment by such other political subdivision
and such officer shall not be deemed to be an agent, servant or employee
of the City of Woodson Terrace while so acting.
[Ord. No. 2034, 2-16-2023]
A.
During
each calendar year, a commercial alarm user shall be allowed one (1)
false alarm without a service charge.
B.
Any
additional false alarms shall result in the imposition of a service
charge in accordance with the following schedule:
|
Number of False Alarms
|
Service Charge
|
|---|---|
|
1
|
$30.00
|
|
2
|
$40.00
|
|
3 or more (per false alarm)
|
$50.00
|
|
Failure to pay the applicable service charge within ten (10)
days following issuance of notice of such service charge shall constitute
a violation of this Chapter.
|
C.
As
used herein, the term "False Alarm" shall mean any activation of an
alarm system intentionally, by inadvertence, negligence, unintentional
act or malfunction of the alarm system to which the Woodson Terrace
Police Department is asked to respond when there is no unauthorized
entry, intrusion or emergency, provided that the following shall not
be considered false alarms:
1.
Alarms intentionally caused by a person acting under a reasonable
belief that a need exists to summon Police assistance.
2.
Alarms occurring on a repeated basis without apparent cause but where
reasonable effort in the judgment of the Police Chief or his/her designated
representative is being made by the alarm user, alarm business, alarm
agent, or other concerned person to correct the malfunction expeditiously.
3.
Alarms followed by an immediate call to the Police Department canceling
same by giving the proper code number prior to arrival of a Police
Officer.
4.
Alarms caused by weather conditions, such as windstorms, thunder,
lightning or other similar phenomena.
5.
Alarms caused by damage, testing or repair of the means of transmission,
provided that such incidents are promptly reported to the company
providing said means of transmission.
6.
Alarms caused by the malfunction of equipment located in the Woodson
Terrace Police Department.
7.
Alarms caused by an attempted illegal or unauthorized entry of which
there is visible or demonstrated evidence.
