There is hereby created a police department in and for the city
which, together with its officers and employees, is charged with the
duties of preserving the public peace; protecting the rights of persons
and property; detecting and preventing crimes; arresting violators
of the law; preserving the peace at all public meetings and public
places; preventing and removing, whenever possible, all nuisances
on or in the streets, highways, alleys, waters and all other places
in the corporate limits of the city; regulating and controlling vehicular
and pedestrian traffic on the streets and alleys; investigating traffic
accidents and determining the cause of such accidents; enforcing the
state Penal Code; enforcing the penal ordinances of the city; and
performing and discharging all other duties as are herein or which
may hereafter be imposed upon it or them or any of them by the laws
of the state, this code, and the ordinances of the city or by the
mayor or city council.
(1973 Code, sec. 24-3; 1991 Code,
sec. 23-1; 2007 Code, sec. 22-19)
The chief of police shall be the executive head of the police
department and shall exercise all of the functions assigned thereto,
and shall carry out the provisions of law and of ordinances with respect
to such functions. The salary to be paid the chief of police shall
be fixed by the city council. During the absence or disability of
the chief of police, the city manager shall designate some properly
qualified person to perform the duties of such office.
(1973 Code, sec. 24-4; 1991 Code,
sec. 23-2; 2007 Code, sec. 22-20)
(a)
A
peace officer or any other person may, without a warrant, arrest an
offender when the offense is committed in his presence or within his
view, if the offense is one classed as a felony or as an offense against
the public peace.
(b)
A
peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant for any offense
committed in his presence or within his view.
(1973 Code, sec. 24-1; 1991 Code,
sec. 23-3; 2007 Code, sec. 22-21)
