(A) The Marshal shall be the Chief Police Officer of the town and has the powers of other law enforcement officers in executing the orders of the Town Council and enforcing laws. The Marshal or his or her deputy:
(1) Shall serve all process directed at him or her by the Town Court or Town Council;
(2) Shall arrest without process all persons who commit an offense within his or her view, take them before a court having jurisdiction, and detain them in custody until the cause of the arrest has been investigated;
(3) Shall suppress breaches in peace;
(4) May, if necessary, call the power of the town to his or her aid;
(5) May execute search warrants and arrest warrants; and
(6) May pursue and jail persons who commit an offense.
(I.C. 36-5-7-4)
(B) In executing the orders of the Town Council and enforcing the ordinances of the town and the laws of the state, the Marshal shall possess all the common law and statutory powers of constables, except in relation to the service of civil process; and any warrant of search or arrest, issued by any judge, or magistrate, or justice of the peace of this state, may be executed in any part thereof by the Marshal subject to laws of this state governing arrest and bail.
(C) He or she shall be conservator of the peace in the town, and shall arrest, without process, all persons who within his or her view commit any crime or misdemeanor contrary to the statutes of this state or ordinances of the town, and take them before the court having jurisdiction of the offense with which the person is charged and retain them in custody until the cause of the arrest has been investigated, and shall suppress all breaches of the peace within his or her knowledge. Authority is given for him or her to call to his or her aid the power of the town and to pursue and commit to jail all persons who commit a jailable offense in violation of the statutes of this state or the ordinances of the town.
(D) The Marshal shall have the power, and it shall be his or her duty, to serve all process issuing either from the Town Court or the Town Council.