(A) (1) The Chief of Police and every member of the Police Department shall posses all the common law and statutory powers of constables and sheriffs.
(2) They may exercise those powers, including the power of arrest for offenses against the state, anywhere in the county in which the city is located.
(B) The Chief of Police and members of the Police Department shall be entitled to the same fees, and the same remedies for collecting them that are allowed by law to sheriffs and other officers for similar services; however, such fees shall be paid into the City Treasury.
(C) The Mayor, upon request from the Chief of Police, may appoint special police officers to assist the Police Department.
(1996 Code, § 3-5.05)