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- EIN 43-6050343
- (573) 635-5925
- 6605 Business 50 W Jefferson Cty MO 65109-6307 USA
- www.mosheriffs.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Crime & Law, Law Enforcement
Mission: The missouri sheriffs association is a non-profit organization with a mission to support the office of sheriff and the constitution through legislative efforts, training and technical assistance, in its efforts to make communities a safer, more enjoyable place to live, to work, and to raise a family. We provide statewide training and technical support to the office of sheriff. We are incorporated for benevolent and educational purposes.
Programs: The msa training program consists of separate elements: 1) a state licensed, statewide basic peace officer training element where individuals attend what is commonly referred to as the, "police academy" where they are trained to be a peace officer and educated in preparation for the state licensing exam. 2) the continuing education element where existing licensed peace officers (including sheriffs) receive annual state mandated continuing education to retain their state issued peace officer license. 3) twenty (20) hours of annual, state mandated continuing education for all sheriffs in the state. (this is in addition to the hours required in the continuing education element) and 4) training conferences where sheriffs, chief deputies, jail administrator, and administrative assistants come together for training, updates, and information relating to their job duties.
the msa iris and facial recognition grant program provides equipment, software and a network infrastructure; tools, sources of information, a means of quickly dealing with individuals when booking them into a facility, and a method of identifying individuals through matching facial characteristics and images of their iris. This program goal is to provide every sheriff's office in the state with iris and facial recognition capabilities.
the technical assistance program provides services to sheriffs where they can ask questions about best practices, get sample policies and procedures, request copies of specific statutes and court cases, ask questions regarding specific pieces of legislation, inquire about activities of individual state boards, councils, task forces, providing assistance and referrals in locating specific vendors who supply good and services to sheriffs offices, provide sample forms and templates relating to operation of the sheriffs office, and minor legal questions by msa general counsel.