84.470. To enable the board of police to perform the dutiesimposed upon them, they are hereby authorized and required, asspeedily as may be, to provide for the appointment, enrollmentand employment of a permanent police force for the respectivecities for which they are appointed to serve, which they shallorganize, uniform, equip and arm as they may judge necessary;subject always, however, to the standards, limitations andrestrictions established and set forth in sections 84.480 to84.620.
(RSMo 1939 § 7655, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7656)Prior revisions: 1929 § 7513; 1919 § 8924; 1909 § 9776
CROSS REFERENCES:
Appointment of men and women officers, 71.200
Police to be residents of state, RSMo 85.005
Special deputies to be residents of state, RSMo 542.190