There is hereby created and established a police department for the city.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 1, adopted 2/11/75)
The police department of the city shall consist of one chief of police and such additional policemen as the city council may from time to time deem necessary and proper.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 2, adopted 2/11/75)
The chief of police shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the city council.
Editor’s note–Section 2 of Ordinance O-2011-016, adopted July 12, 2011, changed the title of sec. 50-33 from “Appointment of chief and department members” to “Appointment of chief.”
(Ordinance 46, sec. 3, adopted 2/11/75; Ordinance O-2011-016, sec. 2, adopted 7/12/11)
The chief of police and all members of the police department shall take and subscribe to the official oath prescribed by the constitution of the state, and shall give surety bond for faithful performance of duties, payable to the city, in the sum of an appropriate amount as determined by the city, premium for which shall be paid by the city.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 4, adopted 2/11/75)
The appointment of a chief of police shall be made and entered in the minutes of the city council at any regular or special meeting of said council, and the commission issued to such chief of police shall become effective after the same has been signed by the mayor, and such appointment has been entered into the minutes.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 6, adopted 2/11/75; Ordinance O-2011-016, sec. 2, adopted 7/12/11)
The position of chief of police is hereby declared to be an appointive office of the city, and his term of office shall be for two years, and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified, and such term shall correspond with the term of office of the mayor. A chief of police appointed at any time, other than at the beginning of the mayor’s term of office, shall hold office only until the end of the unexpired term of office of the mayor, and, if such chief of police is reappointed, his term of office shall be for two years. The chief serves at the will and pleasure of the city council.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 7, adopted 2/11/75; Ordinance O-2011-016, sec. 2, adopted 7/12/11)
A metallic badge, identifying the police chief and each police officer as a member of the police department, shall be issued to each member of the police department.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 8, adopted 2/11/75)
The chief of police shall be the chief administrative officer of the police department. He/she shall have the authority to appoint and remove the police officers and employees of said department and shall perform such duties as may be required of him/her by the city council.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 9, adopted 2/11/75; Ordinance O-2011-016, sec. 2, adopted 7/12/11)
The members of the police department shall receive such compensation as the city council may from time to time determine.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 10, adopted 2/11/75)
It is the duty of every member of the police department to preserve the peace within the limits of the city, and to effect this purpose the officer may use all lawful means. He may interfere without warrant to suppress or prevent crime.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 11, adopted 2/11/75)
Every member of the police department shall have authority:
(1) 
To execute warrants of arrest or other process issued out of the municipal court in said city.
(2) 
To arrest without warrant in all cases where authorized by the laws of the state.
(3) 
To arrest without warrant when offenses against the laws or ordinances are committed in his or their presence, or where persons are found in suspicious places, and under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty of some felony or breach of the peace, or threaten or are about to commit some offense against the law.
(Ordinance 46, sec. 12, adopted 2/11/75)
The chief of police shall make a police officer available to the municipal court when it is in session and shall promptly and faithfully execute writs and process issued by the court.
(Ordinance O-2010-165, sec. 3, adopted 2/12/10)