§ 12-1-1 DUTY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   (A)   It shall be the duty of the Police Department under the direction of the Public Safety Director (hereinafter the “Chief of Police”) to provide for the enforcement of the street traffic regulations of the city and all of the state vehicle laws applicable to street traffic in the city, to make arrests for traffic violations, to investigate accidents and to assist in developing ways and means to improve traffic conditions and to carry out all duties specially imposed upon the Police Department by this article.
   (B)   Any peace officer or duly authorized agent of the city may stop and detain a person as is reasonably necessary to investigate an actual or suspected violation of any chapter of this code, and to serve a copy of the traffic complaint for any alleged civil or criminal violation of this article.
(Prior Code, § 12-1-1) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 4-6-2010)