There is hereby created and established a police department of the city.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. I, adopted 6/24/60)
The police department shall be composed of a chief of police and such number of detectives and policemen as the city council may from time to time deem necessary and proper.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. II, adopted 6/24/60)
The chief of police shall be appointed by the city council. Other members of the police department shall be appointed by the chief of police, with the approval of the city council, and they shall hold their respective offices at the will of the chief of police and approval of the council. The chief of police shall have the authority to suspend any member of the police force for insubordination, infraction of rules of the department, etc., for a period of three days. The accused member shall have the right to appeal his case, in writing, to the city council. In the event no appeal is made, the suspension will be permanent. If the accused member is found guilty of the charges by the council, his suspension will be permanent, or if he is found not guilty of charges, he shall be reinstated to his original position, rank and status as he formerly was, and be paid for the time he was off duty due to the suspension.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. III, adopted 6/24/60)
The compensation of the members of the police department shall be by salaries payable monthly in the sum to be fixed by the council, subject to change from time to time at the discretion of the council, and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the members of such department shall give bond, if same be required by the council, in the sum as may be prescribed by the council, conditioned as the council may deem best for efficiency of the public service, and said member of the police department shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of the state for county officials.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. IV, adopted 6/24/60)
The chief of police and the police department shall be under the jurisdiction of the mayor on all emergency or routine matters between council meetings and under the jurisdiction of the city council on matters of policy, said policy items to be determined by the city council by a majority vote of the council.
(Ordinance 101 adopted 4/26/62)
The chief of police shall be the chief police officer of the city, shall have supervision, subordinate to that of the council, over other members of the police force of the department, and shall have the power, with the sheriff of the county, to execute the writ of search warrant.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. VII, adopted 6/24/60)
The chief of police and all policemen and members of the police department shall be active in quelling riots, disorders and disturbances of the peace within the limits of the city, and shall take into custody all persons so offending against the public peace.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. VIII, adopted 6/24/60)
The chief of police shall have the authority to take suitable and sufficient bail for the appearance before the municipal court of any person charged with an offense within the jurisdiction of said court.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. IX, adopted 6/24/60)
The chief of police, in order to prevent a breach of the peace, or to preserve quiet and good order, shall have authority to close any theater, bar room, ballroom, drinking house, or any other place or building of public resort, and in the prevention and suppression of crime and arrest of offenders within the city, he shall have like power, authority and jurisdiction with the sheriff of the county under the laws of the state.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. X, adopted 6/24/60)
(a) 
(1) 
The chief of police, policemen, and other members of the police department may, without warrant, arrest any offender or alleged offender in any of the following cases:
(A) 
When any felony or disturbance, affray or breach of the peace, or violation of any city ordinance, is committed within the view or presence of the members of the police department making the arrest.
(B) 
When a felony or breach of the peace has been committed within the presence or view of a magistrate and such magistrate shall verbally order the arrest of the offender.
(C) 
When it is represented to some member of the police department by some credible person that a felony or disturbance, affray or breach of peace, or violation of some city ordinance, has been committed, and that the offender will probably escape if the arrest is delayed to procure a warrant.
(D) 
When persons are found in suspicious places, or under circumstances which reasonably show that such persons have been guilty of some felony, or threaten or are about to commit some offense against the laws of the state or ordinances of the city.
(2) 
For greater certainty, it is specifically provided that such officers or members of the police department may so arrest without warrant any and all persons found or apprehended under the following circumstances:
(A) 
Where a person is found lurking or hiding in alleys or on premises not their own, and such person is unable to satisfactorily explain his actions;
(B) 
Where a person is fleeing under circumstances which indicate that he is attempting to escape from the scene of some crime on his part;
(C) 
Where a person is caught or found in the nighttime in a house or residence, or outhouse, barn or garage appurtenant thereto, and is unable to show or state any right or authority for being in such place; or is found or caught in any business or public place in the nighttime and is unable to show or state any right or authority for being in such place;
(D) 
Where a person is caught or found emerging from any house or building at an unusual hour, or by unusual or suspicious means of exit;
(E) 
Where any person is discovered with tools, appliances or materials on his person or in his charge which are of such nature as to indicate that they are intended or designed for use in the perpetration of some crime.
The foregoing enumeration is not intended and shall not be construed to exclude the right and authority of such officers to make arrests without warrants in all such [cases] coming within the general provision of this subsection, and in all such cases such persons may be arrested without warrant and held to be dealt with according to law.
(b) 
In all cases of arrest without warrant, the officer making the arrest shall immediately take the person arrested before the magistrate who ordered the arrest, or, if the arrest was made without an order, then before the nearest or most accessible magistrate having jurisdiction.
(Ordinance 81-A, secs. XIII, XIV, adopted 6/24/60)
In case of absence, sickness or inability to act on the part of the chief of police, the council shall designate some other member of the police department, or other suitable person, as acting chief of police during the period of such absence, and such persons shall exercise all rights, powers and duties of the chief of police during such period of his absence.
(Ordinance 81-A, sec. XVI, adopted 6/24/60)