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BILL NO. / 5
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEN :
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ORDINANCE NO. �y�L
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REPEALING �
ORDINANCE NUMBER 7259 OF THE CITY RELATING TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE
SAME SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, VARIOUS GRADES IN RANK AMONG THE PERSONNEL,
THE QUALIFICATIONS, METHOD OF SELECTION, APPOINTMENT, TERM OF i
OFFICE, REMOVAL AND DUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, I
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . Ordinance Number 7259 relating to the police
department be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Section 2. Police Department, Personnel . The police
department of the- city shall consist of the- Chief of Police,
four captains, three sergeants, two corporals, fourteen
policemen, one police woman stenographer, one police woman clerk,
and one parking meter attendant checker.
Section 3 . Qualifications term removal and oath. No
person shall be appointed to any position in the po sce de-
partment who is not able-bodied, industrious and sober, and
who is not a qualified moter of the city and a resident thereof
for at least one year prior to said appointment. Each member
of the police department sha11 hold his office for a period of
one year, provided that the mayor, with the consent of a
majority of the members of the city council, may remove any
member of the department, with the exception of the Chief of
Police, at will, and that the city council by a two-thirds vote
of all members elected to that body, may remove any member of
the department, with the exception of the Chief of Police, at
will, without the mayor's recommendation or approval; and
provided further that before entering upon the discharge of j
their duties, each member of the department shall take and
subscribe to an oath or affirmation as is required by the J
charter of the city for city officers and employees.
Section 4. Police Board to pass upon qualifications. The
police board of the city shall pass upon the eligibil—' ity and
qualifications of all applicants for the positions in the police
department, except the Chief of Police. At least five (5)
days before the second regular meeting of the city council after
each city election, the Chief of Police shall submit to the
police board a list of the names of applicants for positions in
the police department. In no event shall the list contain
fewer names than the number of policemen currently authorized.
From thelist of applicants submitted to it, the police board
shall return to the Chief of Police a list of the names of j
applicants whose qualifications are approved by it.
Should the Chief of Police submit a list
containing more names than the number of personnel currently r
authorized, and should the board find that there are a greater i
number of a plicants whose qualifications a---e satisfactory,
for positions in the department than the number of currently
authorized positions in the department, the Board, in its
discretion, may return to the Chief of Police a list of names
of applicants exceeding the number of positions currently
authorized in the department, and the Chief of Police shall
select therefrom a sufficient number of the applicants to fill
the positions currently authorized in the department. r
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In the event the obard fails to approve a
sufficient number of names from the list submitted to fill all
positions currently authorized in the department, the Board
shall return to the Chief of Police the names of such persons
whose qualifications have been approved, and the Chief of
Police shall immediately send to the board sufficient additional
names to equal the remaining number of positions to be filled
in the department .
The Police Board shall confer with the Chief
of Police from time to time to determine if the department is
being properly conducted, and the Board shall make such reports
and recommendations, touching upon the needs and operation
of the department, as the Board deems proper.
Section 5 . Appointment of Personnel . It shall be the duty
of the Chief of Police, at or be ore the second regular meeting
of the city council after each regular city election, to appoint
all personnel authorized by ordinance to their position in the
department for a term of one year. All personnel appointed
shall have been approved by the Police Board, and the appoint-
ments of all personnel shall be subject to confirmation by
a majority of the members of the city council .
Section 6 . Designation of rank in the de rtment. The
Chief of Police shall designate the names of the four police
captains, the three police sergeants, the two police corporals,
the police woman stenographer, the police clerk typise, and
the parking meter attendant checker.
Section 7 . Duties of Personnel . All personnel in the
department shall perform such u s.es as may be designated to
them by the Chief of Police. Each member of the department
shall be prompt and alert in the discharge of their duties,
hold themselves in readiness to obey and execute all lawful
orders, rules and regulations of the department, the mayor
and the city council. All members of the department shall
report any known violations of the city ordinances and take such
steps as may be necessary to enforce all ordinances of the city.
Section 8. Uniform and badge, plainclothesmen. Every
member of the department, while on duty, shall wear a uniform
and badge to indicate his or her official position, and the
kind of uniform and badge shall be prescribed by the Chief of
Police and the Police Board. The city shall furnish such badge
but each member of the department shall furnish their own
uniform out of the clothing allowance authorized by ordinance .
The Chief of Police and the Police Board may designate one or
more of the members of the department as plainclothesmen
during such period of time as they may deem necessary.
Section 9. Eight hour day. All of the members of the
department shall work only eight (8) hours a day unless in case
of an emergency. Three eight (8) hour shifts each day shall
be arranged by the Chief of Police in such manner as will best I
promote efficient working conditions in the department. i
Section 10. Reports . The Police Department shall keep
a record of all routine calls received in the department and
all records of the personnel of the department. Every member
of the department assigned to a beat or to police car patrol
shall report to the Department once each hour while on duty.
In the assignment of Personnel to beats or police car patrol
duty, the Chief of Police shall attempt to provide the greatest
measure of protection to the business sections of the city.
Section 11. Powers of arrest All personnel in the
Idepartment shall have the power ' o arrest all persons observed
' violating the laws of the United States of America, the State
of Missouri and the ordinances of the city in the same manner
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as the Chief of Police could perform such arrest, and thereafter
keep any person ariestod in jail or under detention, subject
to the ordinances of Hio city relal l.nh I.o bond, to prevent
their escape unt:i.1 ouch po ► rmn can be brought before the police
court for trial or ol_lto r (i•I r.rl ou l l i can of t:hr, offense for which
the arrest was mw:rdo.
Section 12. Persona ariosted• search of pro2erty held
how. Whenever any person Lift 11 e arrested for a felony, or
n an attempt: to porpotra to a felony, the regular police officer
making such arrest shrill immediately cause such person to be
searched, and all money, notes, letters, checks, or property of
whatever description found upon his or her person, shall be
taken possession of 6 thin officer and thereupon reported to
the Chief of Police, who shall make and preserve a correct
memorandum of the same, c+rrd be responsible for its safekeeping
until otherwise diapouod of by the police judge, or other proper
authority. When any portion shall be arrested for drunkenness,
disturbing the peace, or other violation of any ordinance of
this city, it shall be lawful for any regular police officer
making such arrest to dial:)ossess such person of any knife,
pistol or other dangerouc weapon he may find on or about his
person, (arid the property so taken shall be reported to the Chief
of Police and accounted for as provided in case of an arrest
for felony.
Section 13. Misconduct in office . Any member of the
department who slid Become n ox ca ed or in any wise improperly
conduct himself or herself while on duty, or who shall accept
from any person arrested any present or gratuity of any descrip-
tion, or who shall refuse or neglect to discharge the duties
imposed by the ordinances of this city, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more
than $100.00 and upon the entry of a final judgment shall be
discharged; provided that, any member of the department may be
temporarily suspended by the Chief of Police, with the consent
of the Police Board, pending any investigation of a complaint
of misconduct In office.
Section 14. Special olice a ointment oath powers,
duties dischaige. 1. e e o Police shall have the power and
authority ty to al.)I)o`int special policemen, subject to the con-
firmation of the mayor and the city council, in case of
extraordinary emergencies, such as public celebrations,
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exhibitions or gatherings within the city, or when for other
causes the public safety may require it.
Before entering upon the discharge of their
duties, such special policemen shall take and subscribe to the
oath of office required of other members of the department .
While acting as policemen, said special
policemen shall have the same powers and duties as all other .
personnel in the police department, and upon the termination of
the emergency or other cause for their appointment, they shall
be discharged by the Chief of Police.
Section 15. All other ordinances in conflict with this
ordinance creating grades in rank of personnel within the
police department are repealed insofar as they conflict with
i this ordinance.
Section 16 . This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from an fter its passage and approval .
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P sed• Approv
res en' o e Couyi t ayor
Attest :
ty Clerk