252.085. Arrests by commission agents certified as peace officers or instructors, powers, limitation.
Arrests by commission agents certified as peace officers orinstructors, powers, limitation.
252.085. 1. All authorized agents of the commission who haveattained proper certification as peace officers in accordance with theprovisions of chapter 590, RSMo, and all authorized agents of thecommission who attain proper certification as instructors under chapter590, RSMo, are hereby declared to be officers of the state of Missouri andshall be so deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offensesagainst the laws of this state.
2. All such agents shall have full power and authority as now orhereafter vested by law in peace officers when working with and at thespecial request of the sheriff of any county, or the chief of police of anycity, or under the direction of the superintendent of the state highwaypatrol; except that the authorized agent of the commission who is workingin any county as provided in this section and section 252.225 and at therequest of any agency other than that of the county sheriff's departmentshall notify immediately the sheriff or the sheriff's designee of thecounty where the request originated.
3. All authorized agents may arrest, without warrant or process ofany kind, any person who they have probable cause to believe has committedor is in the process of committing any violation of the laws of the stateof Missouri, on all lands owned, operated, managed, or leased by thecommission, or when such probable cause is established incidental to theenforcement of the laws of the state of Missouri which such agents havebeen authorized by statute to enforce on all lands not owned, operated,managed, or leased by the commission.
4. All authorized agents shall also be declared to be peace officersof the state of Missouri and shall have jurisdiction and may arrest,without warrant or process of any kind, any person who they have probablecause to believe has committed or is in the process of committing aviolation of section 569.055, 569.065, 569.067, 569.100, 569.120, 569.140,or 569.150, RSMo, except that no arrest without warrant may be made on anylands not owned, operated, managed or leased by the commission forviolations of section 569.100, 569.120, 569.140, or 569.150, RSMo, exceptupon the complaint of the landowner upon whose land such alleged violationoccurred and no arrest may be made without a warrant for the commission ofa misdemeanor committed outside the presence of the agent.
5. In addition to the powers prescribed in this section, all personscertified as peace officers in accordance with the provisions of chapter590, RSMo, and authorized agents of the conservation commission as providedin subsection 1 of this section may arrest on view, and without a warrant,at any place within this state, any person the certified officer or agentsees asserting physical force for the purpose of causing or creating asubstantial risk of death or serious injury to any person.
(L. 1981 S.B. 112, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1669, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1398, A.L. 1997 H.B. 424)Effective 7-7-97