(a) The officers constituting the department of police of the city shall be and they are hereby invested with all the power and authority given to them as peace officers under the laws of the state in taking cognizance of, and in enforcing the criminal laws of the state and the ordinances and regulations of the city within the limits of the city, and it shall be the duty of each such officer to use his or her best endeavors to prevent the commission within the city of offenses against the laws of the state, and against the ordinances and regulations of the city; to observe and enforce all such laws, ordinances and regulations; to detect and arrest offenders against the same; to preserve the good order of the city, and to secure the inhabitants thereof from violence, and the property therein from injury. Such police officers shall have no power or authority in civil matters, but shall execute any criminal warrant or warrant of arrest that may be placed in their hands by the duly constituted authorities of the city. Such police officer shall receive only such compensation as is determined by the city council in accordance with all state and local enactments controlling the same. However, this provision shall not prevent a member of the police department from accepting an award from a nonprofit police award foundation.
(b) Subject to the direction of the city manager, the chief of police shall have control and management of the city jail so long as the city operates a jail.
(1964 Code, § 29A-3.2) (Ord. 8433, § 2, passed 9-19-1981)