[R.O. 2004 § 200.010; CC 1978 § 71.010]
Pursuant to the authority granted to the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen by Section 79.050, RSMo., and after the approval of a majority of the voters voting in the election of February 5, 1974, on the issue submitted by Ordinance No. 229, the position of Chief of Police is hereby created and a Chief of Police shall be appointed to perform all the duties required of the Marshal by law.
[R.O. 2004 § 200.130; Ord. No. 423 §§ I — V, 6-17-1986]
A. 
Any Police Officer of the City of Lake Lotawana who has been certified by the training program as established by Chapter 590, RSMo., shall have the authority to respond to an emergency situation outside the boundaries of the City.
B. 
As used in this Section, "response" shall mean to take any and all action which the officer may lawfully take as if exercising his/her powers within his/her own jurisdiction.
C. 
In addition to the emergency response powers prescribed in Subsection (A) of this Section, any Peace Officer who has completed the basic peace training program pursuant to Chapter 590, RSMo., may arrest persons who violate any provision of State law within the boundaries of any County of the First Classification or of any City.
D. 
In addition to the powers prescribed in Subsections (A) and (C) of this Section, Section 544.216, RSMo., and any other arrest powers, a Law Enforcement Officer or Federal Law Enforcement Officer as defined in Subsection (8) of Section 70.820, RSMo., may arrest on view, and without a warrant, at any place within this State, any person the officer sees asserting physical force or using forcible compulsion for the purpose of causing or creating a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to any person or any person the officer sees committing a dangerous felony as defined in Section 556.061, RSMo. Any such action shall be deemed to be within the scope of the officer's employment.
E. 
The authority contained herein shall permit the response by one (1) or more City Police Officers in an area surrounding this municipality or an area of ten (10) miles. The Chief of Police may in his/her discretion authorize additional response beyond this area.
F. 
Every response to any emergency situation outside of the City shall be reported to the Chief of Police with an explanation for the reason for the response and such response shall be in accordance with departmental policy.
G. 
As used in this Section, "emergency situation" means any situation in which the Law Enforcement 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 such officer's response is reasonably 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 in accordance with approved departmental policy or in the discretion of an officer or governmental officer of the political subdivision in which the emergency situation is alleged to be occurring.