43.130. Uniforms--allowance to members--vehicles and equipment.
Uniforms--allowance to members--vehicles and equipment.
43.130. 1. The superintendent shall prescribe a distinctivestyle of uniform and badge for members of the patrol to be madeof the material and of the color he specifies, and it shall beunlawful for any person to wear the prescribed uniform or badge,or any distinctive part thereof, except on order of thesuperintendent. The uniform shall be purchased at the times thesuperintendent requires, and the superintendent shall fix auniform allowance for such purpose for each member of the patrol.
2. The members of the patrol shall, at the expense of thestate, be furnished with the vehicles, equipment, arms,ammunition, supplies and insignia of office as the superintendentdeems necessary, all of which shall remain the property of thestate and be strictly accounted for by each member of the patrol.All such vehicles and equipment shall be distinctively marked,and all vehicles used by members of the patrol shall bedistinctively lighted at night.
3. Members of the patrol shall wear their uniform andinsignia of office at all times when on duty, unless otherwisedesignated by the superintendent.
(RSMo 1939 § 8355, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1048)