[R.O. 2013 § 200.020; Ord. No.
62-1; Ord. No. 62-4; Ord. No. 77-12 §§ 1
— 2; Ord. No. 122 § 2; Ord. No. 89-36 § 1, 11-13-1989; Ord. No. 98-26 § 1, 6-22-1998; Ord. No. 08-19 § 1, 3-10-2008; Ord. No. 08-26 §§ 1 — 4, 4-28-2008; Ord. No. 13-44 § 2, 11-25-2013]
A.
Appointment.[1] There shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by
the Board of Aldermen a suitable person for the office of Chief of
Police, who shall serve as Chief of Police, who shall in all respects
be qualified as now or hereafter may be provided for by the laws of
the State, this Code, and other ordinances of the City. The person
so appointed shall hold his or her office until removed by a two-thirds
(2/3) majority vote of the Board of Aldermen or until his or her successor
is appointed and qualified.
[Ord. No. 14-1 § 1, 1-27-2014]
[1]
State Law Reference: See § 106.273, RSMo.
B.
Qualifications. The Chief of Police shall be at least twenty-one
(21) years of age and shall become a resident of Madison County, Missouri,
within ninety (90) days of the effective date of such appointment,
residing within ten (10) miles of the City police station. He or she
shall have completed the required training and be certified at no
less than a Class A license pursuant to the provisions of Sections
590.010 to 590.653, RSMo., as amended from time to time, and shall
be experienced in law enforcement and police administration.
[Ord. No. 19-24, 9-23-2019]
C.
Oath Of Office. Before entering upon discharge of his or her official
duties, the Chief of Police shall take and subscribe an oath of office
as required by Section 79.260, RSMo.
D.
Bond. The Chief of Police before entering upon his or her duties shall file with the City the bond as required by Section 200.070 of this Code.
E.
Duties.
1.
The Chief of Police shall be a conservator of the peace, and
shall be active and vigilant in the preservation of good order within
the City, and is required to exercise knowledge of police methods
and techniques and seasoned judgment in providing police services
to meet emergencies and other special police situations.
2.
The Chief of Police shall assume all duties as the department
head of the Police Department and shall have the responsibility for
all personnel matters, discipline, scheduling and supervision of the
employees of the Police Department.
3.
The Chief of Police shall submit to the Board of Alderman an
annual budget request for the operation of the Police Department.
The Chief of Police must preapprove all expenditures of the Police
Department prior to submission to the Board of Aldermen.
4.
In addition to the foregoing duties, the Chief of Police shall
perform any and all other duties or functions prescribed by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen not inconsistent with State Statute, applicable
laws or ordinances of the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.030; Ord. No.
62-4; Ord. No. 83-14 § 1, 9-12-1983]
The Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, may appoint
one or more City Policemen as provided in Section 85.620, RSMo., who
shall have the 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. 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.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.040; Ord. No.
62-4]
All Policemen shall take and subscribe to the same oath as required
of the Chief of Police, and may be removed by the Board of Aldermen
at any time by a majority vote of the Board.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.050; Ord. No.
62-4]
All persons arrested and confined in any jail, calaboose or
any other place of confinement by the Chief of Police or any Peace
Officer of the City without warrant or other process for any alleged
breach of the peace or other criminal offense, or on suspicion thereof,
shall be discharged from such custody within twenty (20) hours from
the time of such arrest, unless they shall be charged with a criminal
offense by the oath of some credible person and be held by warrant
to answer to such offense.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.060; Ord. No.
62-4]
The Chief of Police and Policemen are authorized and shall have
the power and the jurisdiction of the City over property owned by
the City outside the City Limits, as provided in Section 79.380, RSMo.,
and shall enforce all rules, provisions of this Code and other ordinances
imposing penalties and fines, regulating, protecting and governing
City property outside the City Limits, and shall have a full jurisdiction
and power in enforcing such rules, provisions of this Code and other
ordinances as though they related to the City itself.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.070; Ord. No.
62-4]
The Chief of Police and Policemen are hereby authorized and
empowered, whenever they may deem it necessary, verbally to summon
any male inhabitant of the City over the age of twenty-one (21) years,
and as many as they may deem necessary, to aid and assist them in
the execution of any warrants, writ or process issued by the Mayor
or person acting in his/her stead within the City Limits, or in the
execution of any order made by the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen,
and placed in their hands to be served or executed, or in making an
arrest without warrant or process, in the line of their duties within
the limits of the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.080; Ord. No.
62-4; Ord. No. 78-26 § 2; Ord. No. 13-44 § 3, 11-25-2013]
The Chief of Police and each Police Officer shall, within fifteen
(15) days after appointment and before entering upon the discharge
of the duties of their offices, give bond to the City in the sum of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) with sufficient sureties, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of their duties and that they will pay
over all money belonging to the City that may come into their hands
as provided by law. The premium for said surety bond shall be paid
for by the City.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.100; Ord. No.
62-4; Ord. No. 77-9 § 2; Ord. No. 93-77 § 1, 12-20-1993; Ord. No. 97-42 § 1, 10-27-1997; Ord. No. 05-71 § 1, 12-12-2005; Ord. No. 07-64 § 1, 11-26-2007; Ord. No. 13-44 § 4, 11-25-2013]
The Chief of Police of the City shall be the Chief of Police of the City and said officer, together with the other Police Officers appointed and employed by the City as provided by Section 200.020, shall have the 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 City prison or other proper place to prevent his/her escape until a trial can be had before the proper officer, unless such offender shall have a good and sufficient bond for his/her appearance for trial. The Chief of Police and the City Police shall also have power to make arrest without process in all cases in which any offenses against the laws of the City or of the State shall be committed in his or her presence.
[R.O. 2013 § 200.115; Ord. No.
93-64 §§ 1 — 2, 10-11-1993; Ord. No. 00-55 § 1, 6-26-2000]
A.
The City of Fredericktown shall require its regular and reserve officers
to have completed one hundred twenty (120) hours of training for certification
as a regular or reserve Police Officer of the City of Fredericktown.
The City adopts this Section to exercise its election under the provisions
of Senate Bill No. 268[1] to maintain the one hundred twenty (120) hours of training.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now RSMo. § 590.040.
B.
Police Officers shall satisfy the following requirements:
1.
Pass an oral interview and such written examination as is required
by the Police Department.
2.
Pass a background investigation.
3.
Have and maintain a good physical condition.
4.
Have no felony arrest or conviction on their records.
5.
Shall be twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
6.
Must live within reasonable driving distance of the City limits
of Fredericktown, Missouri.
