The Maryville Metropolitan Police Commission unanimously approved amendments to four firearms-related general orders during its meeting on 2025-10-03.

The amendments covered general order 15.1 (firearms proficiency), 15.2 (firearms), 15.3 (off-duty firearms) and 15.4 (shooting review board). The commission’s president said the changes primarily "clean up" the language and expand the report format used by the shooting review board to allow a longer summary rather than "just a few lines." The commission voted on each order by roll call and recorded affirmative votes from all commissioners present.

Why it matters: the changes update internal policy language and the department’s reporting format for firearms incidents. The revision to general order 15.4 specifically lengthens the firearm-incident report summary field used by the shooting review board, which could change how investigations and summaries are documented for later review.

Most important details first: General order 15.1 was described by the president as language cleanup that does not change the overall substance of the order. General order 15.2 received similar edits. General order 15.3 addressed off-duty firearms and was approved after a motion and second. General order 15.4 revised the shooting review board report form to allow a longer narrative summary.

Process and votes: motions to adopt the amendments were made and seconded on the floor. The commission conducted roll-call votes on the amendments; the transcript records each roll call as unanimous in favor. Movers and seconders recorded in the meeting were: for 15.1, motion made by Commissioner Rich and seconded by Commissioner Dragovich; for 15.2, motion made by Commissioner Pollock and seconded by Commissioner Catino; for 15.3, motion made by Commissioner Dragovich and seconded by Commissioner Rich; for 15.4, motion made by Commissioner Catino and seconded by Commissioner Pollock. The transcript shows recorded "Yes" votes from Commissioner Rich, Commissioner Degovic, Commissioner Pollock, Commissioner Catino and President Polling for the roll calls.

No public comment was received during the meeting. The commission set its next meeting for 2025-11-07 at 2 p.m. and then adjourned.