Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXXVIII. Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders § 590.010. Definitions

(1)“Commission”, when not obviously referring to the POST commission, means a grant of authority to act as a peace officer;

(2)“Director”, the director of the Missouri department of public safety or his or her designated agent or representative;

(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;

(4)“POST commission”, the peace officer standards and training commission;

(5)“Reserve peace officer”, a peace officer who regularly works less than thirty hours per week;

(6)“School protection officer”, an elementary or secondary school teacher or administrator who has been designated as a school protection officer by a school district.