*590.010.  Definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following terms mean:

  (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.