Section 43.120

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE

Chapter 43

Effective - 28 Aug 1994, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  43.120.  Superintendent to regulate patrol — rank, appointment — officers to act in his absence — to compile criminal data — report. — 1. The superintendent shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline and make all administrative rules and regulations and fix the hours of duty for the members of the patrol. The superintendent shall divide the state into districts and assign members of the patrol to such districts in the manner as deemed proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The superintendent may call members of the patrol from one district to another.

  2. The superintendent shall appoint the lieutenant colonel and five majors from within the membership. Such individuals shall serve at the superintendent's pleasure and shall return to their previously held rank after being relieved of their position duties by the present or incoming superintendent. The superintendent shall classify and rank through promotions the majors, the director of radio, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, patrolmen, and radio personnel from the next lower grade after not less than one year of service satisfactorily performed therein.

  3. In case of the absence of the superintendent, or at the time the superintendent designates, the lieutenant colonel shall assume the duties of the superintendent. In the absence of both the superintendent and the lieutenant colonel, a major shall be designated by the superintendent or by the lieutenant colonel. In case of the disability of the superintendent and the lieutenant colonel, the governor may designate a major as acting superintendent and when so designated, the acting superintendent shall have all the powers and duties of the superintendent.

  4. The superintendent shall collect, compile and keep available for the use of peace officers of the state the information as is deemed necessary for the detection of crime and identification of criminals.

  5. Within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, the superintendent shall make to the governor and the commission a report of the activities of the patrol and the cost thereof for the fiscal period.

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(RSMo 1939 § 8354, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1957 p.  619, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1720, et al., A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148)

CROSS REFERENCE:

Bertillon system of identification of convicts, RSMo 217.315 to 217.325