43.380. Investigations, powers, procedure. - Missouri Statutes

Investigations, powers, procedure.

43.380. 1. The director of the division of drug and crimecontrol shall initiate the investigation of any suspected crimeor criminal activity within this state at the request of theattorney general, when the attorney general has authority toinitiate legal action with respect to the matter to beinvestigated, or at the request of any chief of police,prosecuting attorney, sheriff or the superintendent of theMissouri state highway patrol.

2. If the attorney general or the superintendent of thehighway patrol request the director of the division of drug andcrime control to undertake any investigation under this sectionother than a drug-related investigation, the director shallnotify as soon as practical the chief of police, prosecutingattorney, or sheriff having jurisdiction in the area in which thepending investigation will be conducted of such pendinginvestigation unless such official is a subject in theinvestigation or is implicated or allegedly involved in theinvestigation.

(L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 4)