The police department of the city is created and established.
(Prior code § 5-101; Ord. 580, 1982; Ord. 673 § 5, 1996)
A. The
police department shall exercise its discretion to protect life and
property, suppress crime, prevent criminality, apprehend offenders
and recover persons or property.
B. The
police department shall also exercise its discretion to respond to
all requests for emergency assistance and to provide assistance to
other city departments in the proper and effective response to any
emergencies.
(Prior code § 5-102; Ord. 580, 1982; Ord. 673 § 5, 1996; Ord. 676 § 5,
1997)
Pursuant to California
Welfare and Institutions Code Section
217, and from time to time amended, any bicycles or toys, or both,
in the possession of the Crescent City police department which have
been unclaimed for a period of at least sixty days, may be turned
over to the probation officer or welfare department of the county,
or to any charitable or nonprofit organization which participates
in a program or activity designed to prevent juvenile delinquency
and which is exempt from income taxation under federal or state law,
or both, for use in any program or activity designed to prevent juvenile
delinquency.
(Ord. 681 § 5, 1999)