Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories
43.050. Officers and other personnel, numbers authorized — exceptions — enforcement of gaming activities, when — discrimination prohibited. — 1. The superintendent may appoint not more than thirty-four captains and one director of radio, each of whom shall have the same qualifications as the superintendent, nor more than sixty-eight lieutenants, and such additional force of sergeants, corporals and patrolmen, so that the total number of members of the patrol shall not exceed one thousand sixty-four officers and patrolmen and such numbers of radio personnel as the superintendent deems necessary.
2. In case of a national emergency the superintendent may name additional patrolmen and radio personnel in a number sufficient to replace, temporarily, patrolmen and radio personnel called into military services.
3. The superintendent may enter into an agreement with the Missouri gaming commission to enforce any law, rule, or regulation, conduct background investigations under the laws of this state, and enforce the regulations of licensed gaming activities governed by chapter 313. A notice of either party to terminate or modify the provisions of such agreement shall be in writing and executed not less than one year from the effective date of the termination or modification, unless mutually agreed upon by the superintendent and the Missouri gaming commission. Members of the patrol hired in conjunction with any agreement with the Missouri gaming commission shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section. If such agreement is subsequently terminated or modified to reduce the number of personnel used in such agreement, those members affected by such termination or modification shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section for a period of five years.
4. Member positions of the patrol originally acquired in conjunction with the community-oriented policing services federal grant or members assigned to fulfill the duties established in sections 43.350 to 43.380 shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section.
5. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national origin or sex.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8349, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1945 p. 978, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1951 p. 651, A.L. 1953 p. 565, A.L. 1955 p. 615, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1961 p. 482, A.L. 1965 p. 149, A.L. 1967 pp. 120, 121, A.L. 1973 H.B. 539, A.L. 1975 H.B. 695, A.L. 1978 S.B. 772, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 S.B. 550, A.L. 1993 H.B. 220, A.L. 1996 S.B. 578, A.L. 1999 S.B. 309, A.L. 2005 H.B. 618, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title V - Military Affairs and Police
Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State
Section 43.020 - State highway patrol created.
Section 43.025 - Primary purpose of highway patrol.
Section 43.030 - Superintendent — qualifications, appointment, powers.
Section 43.032 - Federal immigration law enforcement, patrol members to be designated for training.
Section 43.040 - Lieutenant colonel and majors — appointment, qualifications.
Section 43.090 - Clerical force — offices and equipment — radio station.
Section 43.100 - Salaries and expenses for highway work, how paid.
Section 43.110 - Travel expenses of patrol, how paid — fees.
Section 43.130 - Uniforms — allowance to members — vehicles and equipment.
Section 43.140 - Members' oaths.
Section 43.150 - Removal or discipline of members of patrol, procedure.
Section 43.160 - Duties of the patrol on highways.
Section 43.170 - Must stop on signal of member of patrol — penalty.
Section 43.180 - Powers of patrol members — investigation of crime, how paid for.
Section 43.190 - Authority to arrest, pursue violators.
Section 43.195 - Authority to arrest upon reasonable grounds for motor vehicle violations.
Section 43.210 - Person arrested to be dealt with according to law.
Section 43.220 - No authority to exceed duties authorized in this chapter.
Section 43.250 - Law enforcement officers to file accident reports with patrol, when.
Section 43.251 - Report forms — how provided, contents — approval by superintendent.
Section 43.252 - Highway patrol traffic records fund created, moneys to be deposited into fund.
Section 43.270 - Criminal justice network and technology revolving fund, purpose.
Section 43.300 - Division created.
Section 43.310 - Director, appointed by superintendent — responsibility.
Section 43.320 - Assignment of highway patrol members to division — allocation of costs.
Section 43.330 - Duties of director.
Section 43.350 - Division established.
Section 43.360 - Director — appointment, qualification, duties.
Section 43.370 - Personnel, compensation, expenses.
Section 43.380 - Investigations, powers, procedure.
Section 43.402 - Missing persons unit established, duties.
Section 43.403 - Responsibilities of other agencies.
Section 43.405 - False reports, penalty.
Section 43.407 - Birth certificate records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.408 - School records of missing children to be flagged at request of patrol.
Section 43.409 - Registrar and school to be notified when missing child is located.
Section 43.507 - Disclosure of criminal history information, who may receive.
Section 43.509 - Rulemaking authority, department of public safety — rulemaking procedure.
Section 43.512 - Charge code manual, publication, use.
Section 43.515 - Rulemaking authority, highway patrol criminal record division.
Section 43.524 - Requests for delayed compliance, how made, when.
Section 43.527 - Payment for records, exceptions.
Section 43.542 - Approval of National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact — execution of compact.
Section 43.544 - Intoxication — related traffic offenses, policies required for forwarding to MULES.
Section 43.545 - Highway patrol to include incidents of domestic violence in reporting system.
Section 43.547 - Gubernatorial appointees, fingerprint background checks required — procedure.
Section 43.550 - Revisor to make certain statutory reference changes.
Section 43.651 - Online identifiers, patrol to make information available, when.
Section 43.653 - Highway patrol to create and supervise — location of lab.