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BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN SCRIVNER4 1101AK'C
ORDINANCE N0. ?
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, REPEALING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 7486 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 OFFICE, REMOVEL AND DUTIES OF THE PERSONNEL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Ordinance Number 7486 relating to the/department be,
and the same hereby, repealed.
Section 2, Police Department Personnel. The police department
of the city shall consist of the Chief of Police, four captains,
three sergeants, three corporals (one of whom shall. serve as the
policewoman stenographer) , fourteen policemen, one policewoman clerk
typist and one parking meter attendant checker.
Section 3. Qualifications, term, removal and oath. No person
shall be appointed to any position in the police department who is
not able-bodied, industrious and sober, and who is not a qualified
voter of the city and a resident thereof for at least one year prior
to said appointment. Each member of the police department shall 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., with-
out the mayor's recommendation or approval; and provided further that
before entering upon the discharge of their duties, each member of
the department shall. take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation as
is required by the 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 eligibility 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 the list of applicants submitted to it, the police
board shall return to the Chief of Police a list of the names of
applicants whose qualifications are approved by it.
Should the Chief of Police submit a list containing more
names than the number of personnel currently authorized, and should
the board find that there are a greater number of applicants whose
qualifications are 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.
In the event the board fails to approve a sufficient
number of names from the list submitted to fill. all positions current-
ly 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.
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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. App ointment of Personnel. It shall be the duty of
the Chief of Police, at or before 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 appointments 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 department. The Chief
of Police shall designate the names of the four police captains, the
three police sergeants, the three police corporals, the police clerk
typist and the parking meter attendant checker.
Section 7. Duties of Personnel. All personnel in the depart-
ment shall perform such duties 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 plain-
clothesmen 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 promot efficient working condi-
tions in the department.
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 Depart-
ment 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 department
shall have the power to 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 as the Chief of Police
could perform such arrest, and thereafter keep any person arrested
in jail or under detention, sucject to the ordinances of the city re-
lating to bond, to prevent their escape until such person can be
brought before the police court for trial or other disposition of the
offense for which the arrest was made.
Section 12. Persons arrested; search of, property held, how.
Whenever, any person shall. be arrested for a felony, or in an attempt
to perpetrate a felony, the regular police officer making such arrest
• shall 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 by the officer
and thereupon reported to the Chief of Police, who shall. make and
preserve a correct memorandum of the same, and be responsible for its
safekeeping until otherwise disposed of by the police judge, or other
proper authority. When any person shall. be arrested for drunkenness,
disturbing the peace-., or other violation of any ordinance of this
city, it shall. be ]awful. for any regular police officer making such
arrest to dispossess such person of any knife, pistol or other
dangerous weapon he may find on or about his person, and 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 shall become intoxicated or in any wise improperly conduct him-
self or herself while on duty, or shall accept from any person
arrested any present or gratuity of any description, or who shall re-
fuse 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 police, appointment. oath, powers, duties,
discharge. The Chief of Police shall have the power and authority to
appoint special policemen, subject to the confirmation of the mayor
and the city council, in case of extraordinary emergencies, such as
public celebrations, 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 re-
quired 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 this ordinance.
' -dy.r Section lb. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and approval.
Passed: Approved:
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es dent of the Council Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk '