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Code · Missouri · Chapter 174

174.703. Police officers to take oath and be issued certificate of appointment — powers of arrest and other powers — training or experience requirements.

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174.703. Police officers to take oath and be issued certificate of appointment — powers of arrest and other powers — training or experience requirements. — 1. The college or university police officers, before they enter upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath of office before some officer authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties thereof, which oath shall be filed in the office of the board, and the secretary of the board shall give each college police officer so appointed and qualified a certificate of appointment, under the seal of the board, which certificate shall empower him or her with the same authority to maintain order, preserve peace and make arrests as is now held by peace officers.
2. The college or university police officers shall have the authority to enforce the regulations established in section 174.709 and general motor vehicle laws in accordance with section 174.712 on the campus as prescribed in chapter 304 . The college or university police officer may in addition expel from the public buildings, campuses, and grounds, persons violating the rules and regulations that may be prescribed by the board or others under the authority of the board.
3. Such officer or employee of the state college or university as may be designated by the board shall have immediate charge, control and supervision of police officers appointed by authority of this section. Such college or university police officers shall have satisfactorily completed before appointment a training course for police officers as prescribed by chapter 590 for state peace officers or, by virtue of previous experience or training, have met the requirements of chapter 590 , and have been certified under that chapter.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 698 § 1 subsec. 2, A.L. 2013 H.B. 103 merged with H.B. 307 merged with S.B. 282)
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