Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES Chapter 84 • Effective - 06 Nov 2012, see footnote 84.343. Purpose of establishing a municipal police force, St. Louis City — written license required, when, penalty. — 1. Subject to the provisions of sections 84.344 to 84.346, any city not within a county may establish a municipal police force for the purposes of: (1) Preserving the public peace, welfare, and order; (2) Preventing crime and arresting suspected offenders; (3) Enforcing the laws of the state and ordinances of the city; (4) Exercising all powers available to a police force under generally applicable state law; and (5) Regulating and licensing all private watchmen, private detectives, and private policemen serving or acting as such in said city. 2. Any person who acts as a private watchman, private detective, or private policeman in said cities without having obtained a written license from said cities is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. -------- (L. 2012 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, November 6, 2012)
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