[CC 1974 §200.010; Ord. No. 404 §1, 7-8-1987]
A.
Appointment. The Mayor, with the consent and approval of
the majority of the Board of Aldermen, shall appoint one (1) person
to the position of Chief of Police of Velda City.
B.
Duties. The Chief of Police shall perform all duties required
by law of the Marshal of a Fourth Class City in the State of Missouri,
and shall have all the powers of a Marshal of a Fourth Class City
in the State of Missouri and all other powers of a Police Officer
authorized under the laws of the State, and shall be charged with
the keeping of the peace and enforcing the ordinances of Velda City
and the Statutes of the State of Missouri within Velda City. The Chief
of Police shall be a riding Chief serving on patrol duty a minimum
of thirty (30) hours per week and shall also exercise general administrative
supervision over the Police Department as needed and as hereinafter
described.
C.
Additional Responsibilities. In addition to the aforementioned,
the Chief of Police shall have the following responsibilities:
1.
To conduct the initial interviewing, screening and testing of applicants
for hire and/or promotion, to prepare dossiers on such applicants,
and to submit recommendations to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
specific applicants to fill the specific positions for which the applications
have been made; provided that no person shall be hired or promoted
to a position in the Police Department without first having obtained
the approval of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
2.
To prepare and recommend personnel policies for submission to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen; provided that no such personnel policy
shall become effective until it is first approved by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.
3.
To make analyses and evaluations for the purpose of recommending
to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen the number of full-time and part-time
officers necessary for the good government of the City and the keeping
of the peace and enforcing of the ordinances of the City and the Statutes
of the State of Missouri; provided that the number of full-time and
part-time officers to be employed in the Police Department shall be
finally determined by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
4.
The responsibilities given in this Subsection (C) to the Chief of Police shall not be delegatable by the Chief of Police to any other officer of the Police Department. Further, the Board shall not be bound on any matter on which the Chief of Police has made a recommendation under this Subsection (C).
5.
The Chief of Police shall have the duty and responsibility to suspend,
fine or otherwise discipline Police Officers of the Police Department
of Velda City in accordance with the personnel manual, said suspension,
probation and/or discipline not to exceed the period of ten (10) days.
D.
Complaints. All citizen complaints, and all complaints by
officers in the Police Department relating to the personnel of the
Police Department and/or the procedures and operations in the Police
Department shall in the first instance be submitted to the Chief of
Police for resolution. If the grievance raised by any such complaint
cannot be resolved by the Chief of Police with the complaining citizens
or the complaining Police Officer, it shall then be submitted for
decision by a majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen present
at the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen at which there is a quorum.
[CC 1974 §200.020; Ord. No. 404 §2, 7-8-1987; Ord.
No. 509A §§1 — 2, 7-8-1998; Ord. No. 601 §1, 6-13-2007]
A.
Appointment. The Mayor, with the consent and approval of
the majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have the
power to appoint one (1) Lieutenant, two (2) Sergeants, one (1) Corporal
and six (6) Patrolmen as appointive officers in the City Police Department.
The Board of Aldermen may pass a resolution to increase the number
of officers in the Police Department to the numerical limits set in
this Article. However, should the Board of Aldermen deem it necessary
for the good government of the City to have number of officers in
the Police Department that exceed the number stated in this Section,
then it shall authorize such greater numbers only by the passage of
an ordinance.
B.
Duties And Powers. The appointive officers of the Police
Department shall be conservators of the peace and shall be active
and vigilant in the preservation of good order within the City, they
shall enforce all ordinances of the City and Statutes of the State,
and they shall abide at all times by all City ordinances and Police
Department regulations relating to the conduct of officers in the
Police Department. They shall have all the powers of a Marshal of
a Fourth Class City in the State of Missouri and all other powers
of Police Officers authorized under the laws of the State.
C.
Duties — Lieutenant, Sergeant And Corporal. In addition to the powers and duties stated in Subsection (B) of this Section, the Lieutenant, Sergeant and Corporal shall have additional duties relating to the general daily operation of the Police Department and the scheduling of Police Officers for duty as is delegated to them from time to time by the Chief of Police. The Lieutenant shall report directly to the Chief of Police. The Sergeant shall report directly to the Lieutenant and the Chief of Police. The Corporal shall report directly to the Lieutenant and the Sergeant.
D.
Acting Chief Of Police. In the event that disability, sickness
or any other absence occurs to the Chief of Police, or in the event
a vacancy occurs in the position of Chief of Police, the Lieutenant
shall serve as Acting Chief of Police during such period of time,
or until the Board of Aldermen appoints another person as Acting Chief
of Police. Further, if any of the aforedescribed events occur, the
Sergeant shall become the Acting Lieutenant during such period of
time or until the Board of Aldermen appoint another person as Acting
Lieutenant.
[CC 1974 §200.030; Ord. No. 404 §3, 7-8-1987; Ord.
No. 509A §§3 — 4, 7, 7-8-1998]
A.
Qualifications. All officers must be qualified voters, but
need not be registered voters of the City and no officer shall be
appointed who is in arrears for any unpaid City taxes.
B.
Probation — Training Requirement. Any person appointed
as an officer in the Police Department who has not met the requirements
of Chapter 590, RSMo., as amended, shall be on probationary status
in the Police Department until he/she has satisfied the standards
in that Statute and while on probationary status shall also be subject
to the restrictions on his/her employment and pay that are contained
in that Statute; provided that any person appointed to the position
of Chief of Police, Lieutenant or Sergeant shall have completely satisfied
the requirements of Chapter 590, RSMo., as amended, and the experience
and/or training requirements therein, prior to their appointment to
such position.
C.
Oath And Bond. Every officer appointed to the Police Department
shall, after his/her appointment and prior to entering his/her duties,
take the oath with the City Clerk prescribed by Section 79.260, RSMo.,
and shall satisfy any requirements for bond that are in effect at
the time of his/her appointment.
D.
Regular Work Week. The regular work week of all officers
of the Velda City Police Department, except the Chief of Police, shall
be on the basis of forty (40) hours per week.
E.
Compensation. The Board of Aldermen shall have the power
to fix the compensation of all officers appointed to the Police Department
by ordinance.
F.
Removal. All officers appointed to the Police Department
as Chief of Police, Lieutenant, Sergeant or Patrolman, shall be subject
to removal as provided by Section 79.240, RSMo., pertaining to appointive
officers of a Fourth Class City.
G.
Police Clerk — Daily Log. The Police Department shall
have a Clerk who shall be charged with the keeping and orderly filing
of the accounts, books and records of the Police Department and who
shall be directly responsible to the Mayor and Chief of Police and
ultimately responsible to the Board of Aldermen. Among these records
the Police Department shall keep a daily log in which each officer
shall keep a record of his/her tour of duty. Failure of any officers
to make all appropriate entries in the daily log shall result in his/her
loss of pay for such period of time as the failure occurs.
H.
Records Property Of City. All accounts, books and records,
and entries in same made by any Police Officers, relating to the work
of the Police Department or any individual Police Officer, shall be
the property of the City, not the property of the individual Police
Officer.
I.
Power to Inspect. The Mayor, the Chief of Police and/or
any member of the Board of Aldermen shall have the power, as often
as they deem necessary:
1.
To review the operating procedures of the Police Department.
2.
To inspect or audit the accounts, books and records of the Police
Department, as allowed by the Missouri Open Meetings and Record Act.
3.
To require any Police Officer to answer questions concerning such
procedures or such accounts, books and records under his/her control,
or entries made in such accounts, books and records by such Police
Officer.
J.
Petty Cash Fund. The Police Department shall have a Petty
Cash Fund. All expenditures from these funds must be itemized and
submitted to the Treasurer of the City before issuance of any additional
funds. The Treasurer shall record all such expenditures into the records
of the City.
K.
(Reserved)
[Ord. No. 248 §§1 —
2, 4-15-1976]
A.
The
Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with a qualified
licensed insurer for payment of disability benefits to members of
the City Police Department, the premiums therefor to be assumed and
paid for by the City for such hospitalization, disabilities arising
from accidental injury or illness, such not arising out of nor in
the course of his/her employment as a Police Officer of and for Velda
City.
B.
Should
any Police Officer insured pursuant to the provisions of this Section
desire individual life insurance in connection with the policies above
provided, may by arrangement between the officer and the insurer,
provide therefor, such at the sole expense of said applicant not to
be assumed nor paid for by the City.
