If the city operates and maintains a Police Department or any intergovernmental police agency, the police work of the city shall consist of the following functions:
(A) The operation of motor and foot patrol units for routine investigations and the general maintenance of law and order;
(B) The processing of citizens’ complaints, the maintaining and supervising of police records, criminal and noncriminal identification, property identification and custody of property;
(C) The investigation of crimes, elimination of illegal liquor traffic and vice, and the preparation of evidence for the prosecution of criminal cases and offenses in violation of this code. The Police Department shall enforce all provisions of this code for which any penalty is provided, as well as all other laws applicable to and in force within the city;
(D) The prevention and control of juvenile delinquency, the removal of crime hazards and the coordination of community agencies interested in crime prevention; and
(E) The control of traffic, traffic education programs, school patrols and coordination of traffic violation prosecutions.
(1991 Code, § 1.81) (2012 amendment)