(A) The village police, whether regular, or special shall have the power to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state, or the village, by day or by night, and keep the said offenders in the municipal jail, or some other place to prevent then-escape until trial can be held before the proper official of the state, or the village. They shall have full power, and authority to call on any person whenever necessary to assist them in performing public duties, and failure, neglect, or refusal to render such assistance shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine. Every village police officer shall be expected to be conversant, and knowledgeable with the village and state laws, and no law enforcement official shall have any interest in any establishment having a liquor license. Village police officers shall have the duty to file such complaints and reports as may be required by the village ordinances, and the laws of the state.
(B) Any village police officer who shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to make an arrest, or who purposely, and willfully fails to make a complaint after an arrest is made shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined. It shall be unlawful for the governing body to retain any village police officer in that position after he, she, or they shall have been duly convicted of the willful violation of any law of the United States, the State of Nebraska, or any ordinance of the village, except minor traffic violations. It shall be the duty of every village police officer making a lawful arrest to search all persons in the presence of some other person, whenever possible, and shall carefully keep, and produce to the proper judicial official upon the trial everything found upon the person of such prisoners. All personal effects so taken from prisoners aforesaid shall be restored to them upon their release. Suitable uniforms and badges shall be furnished to the village police by the village. Any member who shall lose or destroy the same shall be required to pay the replacement costs, and in the event that any member shall leave the force, he, she, or they shall immediately deliver his, her, or their badge to the Village Marshal. The governing body may from time to time provide the village police with such uniforms, equipment, and transportation as may be essential in the performance of their official duties.
(Prior Code, § 1-209)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-213