(a)
The office of the chief of police shall have a term of one year, and the city council shall have the right to remove the said officer at any time and appoint another. It shall be the duty of the city council, immediately after the election and qualification of its members, to appoint some suitable person to fill such office and at the same time to fix the compensation to be paid to him.
(b)
The chief of police may appoint one or more deputies, and shall either in person or by deputy attend upon the municipal court while in session, and shall promptly and faithfully execute all writs and processes issued from said court. He shall have the power with the sheriff of the county to execute the writ of search warrant. He shall be active in the quelling of riots, disorders, and disturbances of the peace within the limits of the city, and shall take into custody all persons so offending against the peace of the city and shall have authority to take suitable and sufficient bail for the appearance before the municipal court, [of] any persons charged with an offense against the ordinances or laws of this city.
(c)
It shall be his duty to arrest without warrant all violators of the public peace, and all who obstruct or interfere with him in the execution of the duties of his office, or who shall be guilty of any disorderly conduct or disobedience whatever; to prevent a breach of the peace or preserve quiet and good order, he shall have the authority to close any theater, ball-room, drinking-house or any other house or building of public resort; and in the prevention and suppression of crime, and arrest of offenders, he shall have, possess and execute like power, authority and jurisdiction as the sheriff of a county under the laws of the state. The chief of police shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for the faithful performance of his duties, and he shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers, rights and authority as the city council may hereafter by ordinance require.
(Ordinance 3 adopted 4/15/1902; Ordinance 177 adopted 12/22/1939; 1989 Code, sec. 1.241)