(A) The Police Department shall, within the city, preserve peace; prevent offenses; detect and arrest offenders; suppress riots, mobs, and insurrections; disperse unlawful and dangerous assemblages, and assemblages which obstruct the free passage of public streets, sidewalks, parks, and places; protect the rights of persons and property; guard the public health; preserve order at elections and public meetings; direct the movement of vehicles in streets, alleys, or public places; remove all nuisances in public streets, parks, or highways; provide proper police assistance at fires; assist, advise, and protect strangers and travelers in public streets or at railroad stations; carefully observe and inspect all places of business under license, or required to have the same, all houses of ill fame or prostitution, and houses where common prostitutes resort or reside, all lottery or policy-shops, all gambling-houses, dance houses, and resorts; and enforce and prevent the violation of all ordinances and laws in force in the city.
(B) The Chief of Police and each Captain, in the captain's precinct or district, shall possess the power of supervision and inspection over all pawnbrokers, vendors, junk-shop keepers, cartmen, expressmen, dealers in second-hand merchandise, intelligence offices, architectural salvage material dealers (as defined in IC 24-4-16-3) and auctions, and any member of the Department may be authorized, in writing, by the Chief to exercise the same powers. The Chief or any Captain may, by written authority, authorize any member of the Department, when in search of stolen property, evidence, or suspected offenders, to examine the books, business, or premises of any of the persons named in this section and to examine any property.
(IC 36-8-1-10, 36-8-3-10)
(C) The following fee schedule shall apply:
(1) Police Department. For fees, see § 100.01.
(2) Fire departments
Fire reports | $5.00 |
(3) City Court
Court costs | $75.50 |
Fines | As determined by Judge/Butler City Code |
(Am. Ord. 1342, passed 12-6-99; Am. Ord. 1485, passed 2-4-08)