(A) In the event of an enemy-caused emergency or an emergency resulting from natural causes, the Director of Civil Emergency Management, after due authorization from the Board of Trustees of the town, shall have the power and authority to enforce all rules and regulations relating to civil emergency management, and if necessary, to take control of transportation, communications, public utilities and stocks of fuel, food, clothing and medicine for the purpose of protecting the civilian population. He or she shall cooperate in every way with the activities of other governmental agencies or civil emergency management organizations. If required by the Board of Trustees, the Director shall have control over any and all funds allocated from any source for the purpose of alleviating distress conditions in the town.
(B) The Director of Civil Emergency Management and other members of the civil emergency management organization created by him or her shall have the power and authority to enforce the laws of the state and the ordinances of the town during the period of emergency, and shall at such time have the further power to make arrests for violations of such laws or ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 13-404)