Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
(1) Every peace officer license shall be
classified according to the type of commission for which it is valid.
(A) Class A. Valid for any commission, except
commission with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Conservation
Commission.
(B) Class A-HP. Valid
for any commission, except commission with the Missouri Conservation
Commission.
(C)
Class A-CC. Valid only for commission by the Missouri Conservation
Commission.
(D) Class B. Valid for
any commission, except commission by a first class county with a charter form
of government, a political subdivision located within a first class county with
a charter form of government, a city not within a county, the Missouri State
Highway Patrol, or the Missouri Conservation Commission.
(E)
Class C. Valid only for commission within a third class county pursuant to
section 590.040.1(4), RSMo and only for the particular commission held by the
licensee on July 1, 2002, or a commission that the director has determined to
be similar pursuant to section 590.040.2, RSMo.
(F) Class D. Valid
only for commission as a reserve peace officer within a county having more than
one (1) million inhabitants and with either a charter form of government or of
the first classification pursuant to section 590.040.1(5), RSMo.
(G)
Class R.
1. Valid only for commission as a
reserve peace officer with police powers limited by the commissioning authority
as follows: while on duty the officer shall be under the direct supervision of
a commissioned officer who holds a valid class A, B, or C license; while off
duty the officer shall have no police power and shall not carry a concealed
weapon, unless otherwise permitted by law; and the officer shall have no police
power outside the commissioning political subdivision.
2. As used in this rule, "direct supervision"
means supervision in which the supervising officer: monitors the supervised
officer, including by two-way radio or radio scanner; is available for voice
communication with the supervised officer; and is able to respond and assist
the supervised officer in a timely manner.
3. A class R license shall not be valid for
any commission by a first class county with a charter form of government, a
political subdivision located within a first class county with a charter form
of government, a city not within a county, the Missouri State Highway Patrol,
or the Missouri Conservation Commission.
(H) Class S. Valid
only pursuant to section 590.030.6, RSMo for the continuing licensure of a
person holding and exercising a law enforcement commission requiring a peace
officer license.
(2) If a
change in county classification or form of government changes the class of
license required in a county, any peace officer validly commissioned in the
county on the date of the change shall be deemed to be validly licensed so long
as the officer remains in the same commission. If an officer commissioned
pursuant to this exception transfers to a new commission, then the officer
shall lose the benefit of this exception.
*Original authority: 590.020, RSMo 2001; 590.030, RSMo
2001; 590.040, RSMo 2001; and 590.190, RSMo 2001, amended
2007.
