HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD10861 BILL NO. 87-48
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN GORDON
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI
BY AMENDING SECTION 24-62 RELATING TO POLICE RESERVES AND BY
ENACTING ONE NEW SECTION TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL INACTIVE POLICE
COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 24-62 of the Code of the City of
Jefferson, Missouri, is hereby amended, as follows:
Section 24-62. Compensation.
Members of the police reserves shall receive no
compensation from the city.
Section 2. The Code of the City of Jefferson, Missouri,
is hereby amended by enacting Section 24-65 which shall read as
follows:
Section 24-65. Inactive police.
(a) There is hereby created in the police
department a section to be known as the inactive police.
Membership in the inactive police shall be only those
volunteers who have retired from the regular police
force and are duly commissioned as members of the
inactive police by the city.
(b) The inactive police shall be under the
administration of the chief of police, who shall
determine the duties of the members, the rank and
offices, the rules and regulations including
disciplinary proceedings, training, qualifications and
compliance with the provisions of this section. The
chief of police may appoint members of the inactive
police with the approval of the city administrator, and
can terminate the membership of any person in the
inactive police at any time.
(c) The chief of police shall provide for the
training of those retired officers appointed to the
inactive police. Each member of the inactive police
shall successfully complete at least annual training
qualifications as determined by the chief of police.
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(d) Members of the inactive police shall receive
no compensation from the city.
(e) Upon retirement from the regular police force,
an officer may volunteer for membership in the inactive
police. Upon approval by the city administrator, the
chief of police shall issue a commission, signed by the
mayor, recognizing the holder thereof as a police
officer authorized to carry out all duties assigned as
hereafter vested by law in police officers of the City
of Jefferson and the State of Missouri.
(f) Members of the inactive police shall act under
orders of the chief of police with the approval of the
city administrator. When called upon by the chief of
police, inactive: police members shall be considered to
be conservators of the peace of the city and shall have
authority to act in that capacity as the orders of the
chief of police provide.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
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