5-1-3: POWERS AND DUTIES OF POLICE OFFICERS:
   A.   All commissioned officers of the police department shall:
      1.   Perform all duties as required by law;
      2.   Suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons in the community and pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state; and
      3.   Be the enforcement officers of the community and see that the provisions of this code, village ordinances and the laws of the state are complied with.
   B.   Police officers shall arrest, without process, all persons engaged in the violation in their presence of any provision of this code or the laws of the state. Upon such arrest, they shall forthwith convey such offenders before the proper officer to be dealt with according to law; provided, that they may incarcerate any person whom they shall arrest at a late and unusual hour of the night until the following morning, and provided further, that in the special cases relating to traffic offenses, they may release an arrested person upon his written promise to appear in court.
   C.   Police officers shall:
      1.   Report such offenses as may come to their knowledge to the proper village official or they shall report the same to the municipal judge, securing a warrant for the arrest of offenders as shall be directed;
      2.   Execute and return all writs and processes to them directed by the municipal judge in any case arising under a village ordinance and may serve the same in any part of the county; and
      3.   Shall observe the condition of the streets, sidewalks and alleys of the village and of any obstruction, nuisance or impediments therein and shall take necessary measures to remove or abate the same. (Ord. 1988-10, 11-3-1988)
   D.   The police department may be required to control the flow of traffic in time of an emergency or different times of the year that the village has seasonal or special events. The location and patterns of traffic flow are to be determined by the chief of police with concurrence by the mayor. (Ord. 2003-04, 2-24-2003, eff. 2-29-2003)