Be it further enacted, that the city manager shall appoint a chief of police and such patrolmen and other members of the police force as may be provided by ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police and the members of the police force to preserve order in the city, protect the inhabitants and property owners therein from violence, crime, and all criminal acts, prevent the commission of crime, violations of law and of the city ordinances, and perform a general police duty, execute and return all processes, notices, and legal orders of the mayor, city judge, and all other processes, notices, and orders as in this charter, or by ordinance, or resolution may be provided. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 16 and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)