[CC 1986 §125.030; Ord. No. 6 Art. 3, 1-8-1957; Ord.
No. 107 §1, 12-4-1986; Ord. No. 140 §1, 11-7-1988; Ord. No. 215 §1, 4-13-1994; Ord. No. 262 §1, 5-15-1996]
A.
Pursuant
to the forty-one (41) yes votes and the twenty-five (25) no votes
by the citizens of the City of Truesdale on the April 2, 1996, election,
commencing with the April, 1998, election the Marshall/Chief of Police
of the City of Truesdale shall be appointed rather than elected. The
Mayor shall, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint
the Chief of Police for the City of Truesdale and said individual
shall have all powers as set out by State Statutes and/or City ordinances.
B.
The
Chief of Police shall have power at all times to make or order an
arrest, with proper process, for any offense against the laws of the
City or of the State and to keep the offender in the County Jail or
other proper place to prevent his/her escape until a trial can be
had before the proper officer, unless such offender shall give a good
and sufficient bond for his/her appearance for trial. The Chief of
Police shall also have power to make arrests without process, in all
cases in which any offenses against the laws of the City or of the
State shall be committed in his/her presence.
C.
The
Chief of Police in the performance of his/her duty may, if need be,
call upon the Sheriff of Warren County and Highway Patrol for assistance
in the maintaining of law and order in this City.
D.
The
Chief of Police shall have original jurisdiction on all ordinance
violations and shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the County
Sheriff and Highway Patrol on all State violations.
E.
Jurisdiction.
1.
Upon the request of the Warrenton Police Department, the Warren County
Sheriff Department or the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Chief
of Police or his/her Police Officers may leave the City limits of
the City of Truesdale to help in an emergency situation, but they
are to return to the City limits upon help arriving or the emergency
situation being alleviated.
2.
The Chief of Police or his/her designated Police Officers may leave
the City limits while pursuing a known felony suspect.
The Police of the City may be appointed in such numbers, for
such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. They
shall have power to serve and execute all warrants, subpoenas, writs
or other process and to make arrests in the same manner as the Chief
of Police. They may exercise such powers in areas leased or owned
by the municipality outside of the boundaries of such municipality.
The Chief of Police and Policemen shall be conservators of the peace
and shall be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order
within the City.
The Board of Aldermen of the City may by ordinance enter into
a contract or agreement with any other political subdivision for the
provision of Police services by one political subdivision to another
on request as provided for in Section 70.815, RSMo. The terms "Chief of Police", "Police", "Police Officer" and "Police Department", as used herein, shall refer
to Law Enforcement Officers of the contracting entity.
