Each officer of the Department shall possess the powers conferred on
marshals and constables by law and shall preserve the public peace and enforce
the laws and ordinances of the state and Town, subject to the orders, rules
and regulations of the Chief of Police, the Town Chairperson, and the Town
Board.
The Chief of Police and any police officer shall arrest any person in
the Town found in the act of violating any law or ordinance of the Town or
state or aiding or abetting in such violation, and they shall arrest without
warrant any person whom they have reasonable grounds to believe has violated
any law or ordinance and who will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested,
shall take any arrested person in charge and confine him/her and shall, within
a reasonable time, bring such person before the court having jurisdiction
thereof to be dealt with according to law.
The Town Chairperson and Supervisors shall have and exercise the powers
of peace officers and may summarily suppress any riotous or disorderly conduct
in the streets or public places of the Town.