[Ord. No. 119-1 §250.010, 7-10-1989]
There is hereby created the office of Police Chief of the City
of Laurie.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §250.020, 7-10-1989]
The Police Chief shall be an appointed officer of the City as provided in Section 115.020 of this Code, and before entering upon the duties of his/her office shall take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State and that he/she will faithfully demean himself/herself in such office. The Police Chief shall be appointed upon basis of his/her technical knowledge, experience and administrative ability.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §250.030, 7-10-1989; Ord. No. 2010-11 §9, 7-14-2010]
Such Police Chief so appointed shall serve in such office at the pleasure of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and may be removed as such in accordance with Section 115.030(B), at a regular or special meeting.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §250.040, 7-10-1989; Ord. No. 2010-11 §9, 7-14-2010]
A.
The
Police Chief shall be immediately accountable and responsible to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the effective performance of his/her
office and the administration of the Police Department. He/she shall
supervise the personnel and assign, detail or transfer any member
or change that member's duties, whenever he/she deems such action
to be in the best interest of efficiency, discipline or morale of
the department.
B.
The
Police Chief shall execute all duties and responsibilities pertaining
to the department as may be specified in the Code of Ordinances which
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1.
The preservation and protection of the person and property of all
citizens;
2.
The maintenance of peace and order, the prevention and detection
of crime, enforcement of the municipal ordinances of the City of Laurie
and the laws of the State of Missouri and all Federal Statutes;
3.
Cooperation with County and State officers for the preservation of
peace and order, prevention and detection of crime;
4.
Coordination and implementation of traffic and parking; and
5.
Other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §250.050, 7-10-1989]
The Police Chief shall be the legal custodian of all equipment
and other apparatus, materials and supplies for the Police Department
and it shall be his/her duty to keep all the same in good order, condition
and repair and at all times ready for use. The Police Chief shall
have the charge of training, indoctrination and discipline of the
members of the Police Department to the extent otherwise provided
in the Code of Ordinances.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §200.010, 7-10-1989; Ord. No. 2010-11 §9, 7-14-2010]
There is hereby created a Police Department for the execution
of orders and process arising under the ordinances of the City, preservation
and protection of the person and property of all citizens, the maintenance
of peace and order, prevention and detection of crime and other responsibilities
as may be assigned by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §200.020, 7-10-1989; Ord. No. 2010-11 §9, 7-14-2010]
The Police Department shall consist of such Police Officers,
detectives and patrolmen as may be determined by the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen as set forth in the City's annual budget or by Mayor and
Board of Aldermen action at any regular or special meeting.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §200.030, 7-10-1989]
All Police Officers, regular and reserve, upon being first duly
sworn and commissioned, shall be Peace Officers and as such conservators
of the peace shall have the power to restrain and detain citizens;
to issue warnings and citations; to effect arrest as authorized under
the Constitution and law of the United States, the State of Missouri,
the ordinances of the City; to execute lawful warrants and criminal
processes directed to officers of the City; and to aid County and
State law enforcement agencies outside the City limits in situations
of emergency.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §200.040, 7-10-1989]
The Police Department may include part-time, reserve Police
Officers who shall have the same authority as regular officers.
[Ord. No. 2011-08 §§1
— 5, 4-13-2011]
A.
To
establish a set policy for reserve Police Officers commissions.
B.
The
Chief of Police will screen and interview reserve Police Officers
and make hiring recommendation to the Board of Aldermen for approval.
C.
The
reserve officers shall work a minimum of eight (8) hours per month
at the Laurie Police Department. The reserves may work eight (8) hours
at any time during a given month. The Chief of Police may need to
schedule the reserves for certain days.
D.
Reserve
officers will be paid for time that the Chief of Police places them
on the schedule. If a reserve is not placed on the schedule by the
Chief of Police, they must work an eight (8) hour shift unpaid to
maintain their commission with the City of Laurie's Police Department.
E.
The
City of Laurie's Chief of Police will have the authority to remove
reserve officers without the Board of Aldermen approval.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §200.050, 7-10-1989]
Salary and benefits of regular and reserve Police Officers shall
be as established by the approved annual budget of the City of Laurie.
[Ord. No. 119-1 §§200.060
— 200.061, 7-10-1989; Ord. No. 273, 10-11-1993]
A.
The
City hereby adopts a program of mandatory standards for the selection
and training of Police Officers for the City and elects to come under
and to operate under the provisions of Chapter 590, RSMo., as amended.
B.
Persons
licensed and commissioned as Law Enforcement Officers within the City
before July 1, 2002, may retain licensure with one hundred twenty
(120) hours of basic training.
[Ord. No. 2010-15 §1, 8-11-2010]
The Policy and Procedures Manual of the City of Laurie Police
Department is incorporated herein by reference and is on file in the
City offices.
[Ord. No. 2010-11 §9, 7-14-2010]
The Mayor and 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.
[Ord. No. 274 §§1 —
4, 10-11-1993]
A.
Any
Peace Officer of the City of Laurie, who has completed the basic Police
training program as promulgated by Chapter 590, RSMo., except Subsection
(2) of Section 590.040.1, RSMo., shall have the authority to respond
to an emergency situation outside the City limits of Laurie, subject
to the following conditions.
1.
The authority granted herein to any officer shall be conditioned
upon there having been authority authorized by ordinance by order
of the County Commission of the jurisdiction wherein any emergency
situation, as hereinafter defined, occurs to which said officer desires
to respond.
2.
Any officer acting hereunder shall respond only to "emergency situations".
B.
As
used in this Section, "emergency situation" means
any situation in which the Peace 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 his/her response is reasonable 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 a Peace
Officer or governmental officer of the political subdivision in which
the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.
[Ord. No. 2016-03 §1, 1-12-2016]
The police officers of the City of Laurie will wear and activate
personal video recording devices, also known as police body cameras
in the execution of their duties whenever feasible. The Chief of Police
will determine policies regarding training, general procedures, media
control and management, and protection of said cameras.
