84.450. Board of police--office and furniture--seal--police districts--use of equipment (Kansas City).

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

84.450. Board of police--office and furniture--seal--police districts--use of equipment (Kansas City).

Board of police--office and furniture--seal--police districts--use ofequipment (Kansas City).

84.450. 1. The mayor and common council of such city shallbe and they are hereby authorized and required to provide thedepartment with an office and office furniture as they may need.The board shall have and use a common seal. The board may dividethe city into the needful number of police districts and fix theboundaries thereof; provided, however, that the number ofdistricts into which said city may be divided shall not exceedsix.

2. The department, for all the purposes of sections 84.350to 84.860, shall have the use of all buildings heretofore used bythe corporate authorities of the city in policing the city andshall have the use of all scientific equipment, identificationequipment, radio and communication equipment, signal systems,watch boxes, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, firearms, officefurniture, fixtures, and supplies, all records andcorrespondence, and all other equipments, accoutrements and otheraccommodations and things of whatsoever nature heretoforeprovided by the city for the use and service of the police andfor policing the city, as fully and to the same extent as thesame are now and may be used by or for the present police force;and the mayor and common council, and all persons and municipalofficers in charge thereof, are hereby ordered and requiredimmediately upon the appointment and qualification of the boardto allow such use accordingly.

3. In case the mayor and common council of the city, ortheir officers or agent, refuse or neglect to allow such use whenthe same shall be required by the board, the board may apply tothe circuit court of any county in which the city is located, inthe name of the state of Missouri, for a mandamus to compel acompliance with the provisions of this section, and theapplication therefor shall be heard and decided by that court.One week's notice of the application shall be given, and therespondent shall have the right to answer within one week, and iftestimony be needed on either side, it shall be taken within tendays after the answer is filed or the week has expired. From thedecision of the circuit court in the premises either party mayappeal within ten days; and it shall be the duty of the clerk ofthat court to send up the record immediately, and the appealshall be heard by the supreme court, if then in session, and ifnot in session, at the next term. In both courts the case shallbe taken up and tried in preference to all others.