A. 
Each police patrolman, temporary and special policeman shall be subject to the command and direction of the head of the Police Department actually in command and shall perform all duties and obligations prescribed with respect to the Department and with respect to all laws; ordinances and general law enforcement.
B. 
The Department is charged with the duty of enforcing law, maintaining order, preventing crime, investigating actual or alleged criminal acts and apprehending all violators in manner agreeable to law and the regulations of the Department.
C. 
The Department shall preserve the public peace; protect life and property; detect, arrest and prosecute offenders of the laws of New Jersey and the ordinances of the City of North Wildwood; direct and control traffic; provide attendance and protection during emergencies, provide appearances in court; cooperate with all other law enforcement agencies; and provide training for the efficiency of its members and officers (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-152).
The following are specific duties to be performed by the Police Department:
A. 
Preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders against the penal laws and ordinances effective within the City, suppress riots, mobs, and insurrections, disperse unlawful or dangerous assemblages, and preserve order at all elections and public meetings and assemblages.
B. 
Administer and enforce laws and ordinances to regulate, direct, control and restrict the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic and the use of streets by vehicles and persons, and to make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the charter, ordinance, and general law for such purpose.
C. 
Remove all nuisances in the public streets, parks, and other public places, inspect and observe all places of public amusement or assemblage and all places of business requiring any state or municipal license or permit.
D. 
Provide proper police attendance and protection at fires.
E. 
Enforce the laws and ordinances in effect within the City and prevent the violation of them by any person; apprehend and arrest all persons legally charged with the violation of any law or ordinance.
F. 
Provide for the attendance of its police officers or civilian employees in court as necessary for the prosecution and trial of persons charged with crimes and other violations of law, and cooperate fully with the law enforcement and prosecuting authorities of federal, state and county governments.
G. 
Operate a training program to maintain and improve the police efficiency of the members of the Department.
The North Wildwood Police Department rules and regulations (also known as the "Police Manual") dated March 6, 2012, (the date of the adoption of this chapter) has been adopted and promulgated by the appropriate authority and replaces and supersedes all prior versions of said rules and regulations (Police Manual).
The North Wildwood Police Department rules and regulations (Police Manual) may be amended from time to time by the appropriate authority. Upon such an amendment, the same shall be memorialized by resolution of Mayor and Council referring to this article and to the particular provision of the North Wildwood Police Department rules and regulations (Police Manual).