Special police officers shall have the following powers and duties, when properly assigned and on duty:
(A) To aid or direct traffic in the village;
(B) To aid in the control of natural or human-made disasters;
(C) To aid in case of civil disorder;
(D) To perform normal and regular police duties when assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is impractical for members of the regular Police Department to perform normal and regular police duties;
(E) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace, or are found violating any village ordinance or any criminal law of the state;
(F) To commit arrested persons for examination;
(G) If necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight or on Sunday in any safe place, or until they can be brought before the proper magistrate;
(H) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe; and
(I) To serve and execute all warrants for the violation of village ordinances, or the state criminal law, and for this purpose, to have all common law and statutory powers of sheriffs.
(Prior Code, § 5-2-4) (Ord. 442, passed 8-1-1983)