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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD10729 HILL NO. SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN ORDINANCE NO. D AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING SECTION 24-9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COOPERATE WITH THE MID-MISSOURI MAJOR CASE SQUAD AND REGULATING THE CITY POLICE MEMBERS OF SAID SQUAD. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 24 of the City Code is hereby amended by the deletion of Section 24-9 and the addition of a new Section 24-9, to read as follows: Sec. 24-9. Major case squad. (a) The Police Department is authorized to cooperate with such law enforcement agencies in the mid-Missouri areas as are members of the Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad, formed in or about 1965, and made up of .specially trained law enforcement officers from law enforcement agencies in the mid-Missouri area for the purpose of providing investigative resources to its member law Am enforcement agencies where necessary to effect an expedient solution to more serious crimes, including murder, aggravated assault, robbery, rape, burglary or other crimes of a magnitude to constitute a community threat; for the purpose of providing assistance in the intensive professional investigation of such crimes under such circumstances and subject to such guidelines as are designated by the Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad, subject to the provisions of Section 70.835, RSMo 1986, and provided that the governing body of the particular political subdivision where the crime under investigation occurred has by order, in the case of a county, or by ordinance, in the case of a city, entered into such a cooperative agreement with the Mid-Missouri Major Case Squad. (b) The City members of the major case squad shall be designated by the Chief of Police and may be removed by him at any time. At no time shall the Chief of Police allow the operations of the major case squad to leave the City with inadequate police protection. (c) No member of the major case squad shall be considered an employee of the City for any purpose, unless they are members of the regular City police force. w Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Passed �' ti� l f1�,�� Approved Pre iding Offi er Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk AObL QP