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(a) The officers and privates constituting the police department of the City of Dallas are vested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the state, the federal law, and the ordinances and regulations of the city, and it shall be the duty of each such officer and private:
(1) to use every endeavor to prevent the commission within the city of offenses against the laws of the state, the federal government, and the ordinances and regulations of the city;
(2) to observe and enforce all such laws, ordinances, and regulations;
(3) to detect and arrest offenders against all such laws, ordinances, and regulations; and
(4) to preserve the public peace, health, and safety.
(b) All police officers shall execute any criminal warrant, warrant of arrest, writ, subpoena, or other process that may be placed in their hands by the duly constituted authorities of the city. No police officer shall receive any fee or other compensation for any service rendered in the performance of the officer’s duty other than the salary paid by the city, nor shall the police officer receive a fee as a witness in any case arising under the criminal laws of this state or under the ordinances or regulations of the city and prosecuted in the municipal court of the city or in any criminal court in Dallas County. (Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 6; Amend. of 11-8-05, Prop. No. 3)
No person, except as otherwise provided by general law or the Charter, or the ordinances passed in pursuance thereof, shall act as special police or special detectives, except upon written authority from the city manager. Such authority, when conferred, shall be exercised only under the direction and control of the chief of police and for the time specified in the appointment. (Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 6)
Any person, other than a member of the police force of the City of Dallas, who wears the uniform or badge as prescribed by the chief of police for the City of Dallas Police Department, or a uniform or badge so closely similar as to be mistaken for the uniform or badge of the City of Dallas Police Department, shall be subject to such fine as may be prescribed by the city council by ordinance. (Amend. of 5-3-97, Prop. No. 6)