[R.O. 2011 §2.22.010; Code 1950 §206.1; Prior Code
§2-30]
The Police Department shall consist of a Chief of Police who
shall be the Director of the department, together with such inferior
officers of Police and detectives as may be deemed necessary for the
proper conduct of the duties of the department, and such number of
patrol officers, detectives and probationers as may be authorized
from time to time. The Chief of Police shall have general supervision
and control of the department, including the enforcement of discipline
among the members thereof, and the instruction of the members in their
duties.
[R.O. 2011 §2.22.020; Code 1950 §206.2; Prior Code
§2-31; Ord. No. 4994 §1]
A.
The
Police Department of the City shall see that all laws of the United
States, the State and the provisions of this Code and other ordinances
of the City are observed and enforced and shall perform such services
from time to time as the department may be required to perform by
the City Manager or the Council. Police Officers shall have the power
at all times to make or order an arrest with proper process for any
offense against the provisions of this Code, other ordinances of the
City or the laws of the State and keep the offender in the City Jail
or other place to prevent the offender's escape until a trial can
be had before the proper court. The members of the department shall
also have power to make arrests without process in all cases in which
any offense against any provision of this Code, an ordinance of the
City or any law of the State shall be committed in their presence
or in all cases where anyone is suspected of having committed a felony
or a misdemeanor.
B.
The
Chief of Police and the Chief's subordinates shall serve as the Bailiff
for Court of the City court and shall prepare the complaints in all
cases therein and shall execute and return all papers and orders issued
by the City court or other department of the City under any provision
of this Code or other ordinance or law. The Chief of the department
shall compile such account of all money collected by or in the Chief's
office as may be required by the Director of Finance and shall report
the same to the Director of Finance and pay over all money collected
by the Chief as fees, fines or from other sources unless other disposition
shall have been provided by law, this Code or other ordinance. The
Chief of Police shall have charge of the City Jail and shall be responsible
for the proper care and condition thereof. The Chief of Police shall
keep the City Manager and Council properly advised as to the condition
of the streets, alleys, culverts and sidewalks within the City, and
perform all other duties required of the Chief by the City Manager
or City Council and such other duties as may be necessary to conserve
the peace and welfare of the City and its inhabitants.
[R.O. 2011 §2.22.060; Prior Code §2-33.1; Ord. No. 4241 §§1 — 9; Ord. No. 5163 §1]
A.
This
City contracts and agrees to cooperate with each and every City, town
and village within the County and with the City of St. Louis, Missouri,
for certain common police service under the terms and conditions herein
contained.
B.
This
contract for mutual cooperation shall become effective with respect
to each municipality or County upon the passage of a like ordinance
authorizing such contract by such municipality or County.
C.
This
contract in so far as it is applicable to any particular municipality
or County may be terminated, at any time by any party hereto, thirty
(30) days after service upon the Clerk of the other contracting municipalities
or County of a certified copy of an ordinance terminating this contract
of such municipality or County.
D.
The
members of the police force of this municipality shall respond to
requests for assistance within the boundary limits of any other contracting
municipality or County, pursuant to the directions and approval of
the office of the Chief of Police of the City of University City.
E.
It
shall be the duty of the members of the police force of this community
to perform police services in any municipality or County that is a
party to this contract, when requested by such municipality or County
and authorized to do so by the office of the Chief of Police of the
City of University City.
F.
Each
Police Officer performing services in any other municipality or County
in accordance with the terms of this contract shall have all the powers,
rights, privileges, duties and immunities as the members of the police
force of the municipalities or County requesting assistance but shall
remain on the employment and under the direction, supervision and
control of the proper officers and authorities of their own respective
municipalities or County.
G.
Consideration
for this contract shall be the mutual agreements of the parties hereto
and no compensation shall be paid by any participating municipality
or County to any other.
H.
Equipment
and property utilized in the carrying out of the common police services
provided by this contract shall be at the risk of the municipality
or County owning the same and any loss or damage thereto shall be
borne by such owner municipality or County; provided that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to limit the liability of any
municipality or County or of its agents, servants or employees arising
out of tortious conduct.
I.
Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to mean that Police Officers of
another municipality or of St. Louis County injured, killed, or who
die from injuries sustained while performing services in the City
of University City under this agreement shall be covered under Workers'
Compensation insurance of this City or under any of the injury or
death benefits of the Police and Firemen's Retirement Fund of the
City of University City. Nor shall anything herein contained be construed
to mean that Police Officers of the City of University City who may
be injured or killed or die as a result of injuries while serving
in another municipality or in St. Louis County, Missouri, shall not
be covered by Workers' Compensation insurance provided by this City,
or shall not be entitled to injury or death benefits provided by the
Police and Firemen's Retirement Fund of the City of University City,
if such person(s) is a member thereof, or to the benefits of coverage
under any other insurance carried by the City of University City or
any of its departments, where applicable.
