2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 590 Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline
Section 590.101 (Repealed L. 2001 H.B. 80 § A)

MO Rev Stat § 590.101 (2014) What's This?

590.101. In any county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population of nine hundred thousand or more inhabitants, the definitions contained in section 590.100 shall apply, except that as used in sections 590.100 to 590.180, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Bailiff", an assigned officer of the court subject to control and supervision and responsible for preserving order and decorum, taking charge of the jury, guarding prisoners, and other services which are reasonably necessary for the proper functioning of the court;

(2) "Nonprimary enforcement activities", activities which include, but are not limited to, traffic control, crowd control, checking abandoned, vacated and temporarily vacated structures, conveyance of motor vehicles, public appearances, and public educational presentations;

(3) "Primary enforcement activities", activities used to enforce the police powers of the state, including, but not limited to, a direct or indirect involvement in the activities of arrest, detention, vehicular pursuit, search, interrogations or the administration of first aid; and

(4) "Reserve officer", any person who serves in a less than full-time law enforcement capacity, with or without pay, and who, without certification, has no power of arrest and who, without certification, must be under direct and immediate accompaniment of a certified peace officer of the same agency in order to engage in primary enforcement activities.

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