(A) The term FRESH PURSUIT shall include hot or fresh pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony in this state, or who has committed or attempted to commit in this state a criminal offense or violation of municipal or county ordinance in the presence of the arresting officer or for whom such officer holds a warrant of arrest for a criminal offense. FRESH PURSUIT as used herein shall imply instant pursuit.
(B) City police officers certified pursuant to RSMo. Chapter 590 may engage in fresh pursuit of a person who is reasonably believed by such officer to have committed a felony in this state or who has committed or attempted to commit, in the presence of such officer, any criminal offense or violation of a municipal or county ordinance, or for whom such officer holds a warrant of arrest for a criminal offense, shall have the authority to arrest and hold in custody such person anywhere in this state.
(C) Fresh pursuit may only be initiated from within the corporate city limits of the city and shall be terminated once the officer is outside the city limits and has lost contact with the person being pursued. If the offense is a traffic violation, the uniform traffic ticket shall be used as if the violator had been apprehended within the city limits in which the offense occurred. Pursuing officer will advise the dispatcher when entering another jurisdiction.
(C) Police officers are to remember that public safety is of the utmost importance and cease fresh pursuit immediately if the officer deems it unsafe, a supervisor orders it terminated, or requested to terminate the pursuit by another agency.
(Ord. 99-006, passed 4-20-1999)