{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-590.010","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 590.010","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Commission\" , when not obviously referring to the POST commission, means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer;\n(2) \"Director\" , the director of the Missouri department of public safety or his or her designated agent or representative;\n(3) \"Peace officer\" , a law enforcement officer of the state or any political subdivision of the state with the power of arrest for a violation of the criminal code or declared or deemed to be a peace officer by state statute;\n(4) \"POST commission\" , the peace officer standards and training commission;\n(5) \"Reserve peace officer\" , a peace officer who regularly works less than thirty hours per week;\n(6) \"School protection officer\" , an employee of a school district or charter school who has been designated as a school protection officer.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 590 - Peace Officers, Selection, Training and Discipline"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=590.010","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"bee9b71fd313bd338ce0aeac5806307b6fe6671c4e30178354890936b0077d1d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-589.902","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-590.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}