84.150. The officers of the police force in each such city shall be as follows: One chief of police with the rank of colonel; one assistant chief of police with the rank of lieutenant colonel; one chief of detectives with the rank of lieutenant colonel; one inspector of police with the rank of lieutenant colonel; and two other lieutenant colonels, making a total of five lieutenant colonels, except that upon reaching two thousand eighty-seven patrolmen pursuant to the provisions of section 84.100 an additional lieutenant colonel shall be appointed, making a total of six lieutenant colonels; one assistant chief of detectives with the rank of major and five other majors, except that upon reaching two thousand eighty-seven patrolmen pursuant to the provisions of section 84.100 an additional major shall be appointed, making a total of seven majors; twenty-two captains, except that upon reaching two thousand eighty-seven patrolmen pursuant to the provisions of section 84.100 an additional two captains shall be appointed, making a total of twenty-four captains; sixty-seven lieutenants, except that for each thirty-eight additional patrolmen appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 84.100 an additional lieutenant shall be appointed; two hundred sixty sergeants, except that for each nine additional patrolmen appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 84.100 an additional sergeant shall be appointed. No further appointments to the rank of corporal shall hereafter be made, but all members of the force now holding the rank of corporal shall continue in such rank until their promotion, demotion, removal, resignation or other separation from the force. The officers of the police force shall have commissions issued to them by the boards of police commissioners, and those heretofore and those hereafter commissioned shall serve so long as they shall faithfully perform their duties and possess the necessary mental and physical ability, and be subject to removal only for cause after a hearing by the board, who are hereby invested with exclusive jurisdiction in the premises. Any increase in the number of officers to be appointed, in addition to that provided for above, shall be permitted upon recommendation by the board of police commissioners with the approval of the municipal board of estimate and apportionment.
(RSMo 1939 § 7693, A.L. 1941 p. 462, A.L. 1945 p. 1257, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 304, A.L. 1957 p. 251, A.L. 1961 p. 206, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1144, A.L. 1977 S.B. 255, A.L. 1978 S.B. 508, A.L. 1993 S.B. 250)Prior revisions: 1929 § 7545; 1919 § 8955; 1909 § 9807
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