The mayor, chief of police and members of the board of police commissioners of any city in this state shall be governed by the same restrictions and subject to the same penalties as a sheriff of any county, under the provisions of section 57.117.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 85.005
Mayor and police authorities can appoint none but residents
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 4628); Prior revisions: 1929 § 4239; 1919 § 3486; 1909 § 4701
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.