(A) Individual officers constituting the city's Police Department are invested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the state. Inherent with this power and authority is the obligation to preserve the peace, to enforce the ordinances and regulations of the city, and the laws of the state and the United States, to take legal custody of offenders and to secure the citizens from violence. Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the authority given to peace officers or the Chief of Police by other law.
(B) All personnel of the Police Department shall be bound by the most current directives, orders, rules, regulation and procedures for the operation of the Police Department as may be promulgated or as hereinafter amended by the Chief of Police, City Manager, or Board of Commissioners and failure to abide thereby shall subject the violating personnel to such disciplinary action as may be determined by the Chief of Police within the limits of state law, city ordinance and city and Police Department policies.
(Ord. 972, passed 4-20-20)