§ 51-3. Powers and duties of police officers.
   Members of the Police Department, in addition to the power conferred upon them in criminal matters by the general laws of the state, shall have power and it shall be their duty to arrest without warrant any person by them found violating any of the penal ordinances of the Town or laws of the state and to take such persons before the proper Town Judge, to be dealt with in the same manner as if such person had been arrested upon a warrant thereto duly issued by such Judge. It shall be their duty to report violations of law and ordinances coming to their knowledge in any way to the Mayor and Common Council, under the regulations governing the Department. All process to enforce any penalty for the violation of any ordinance of the Town and any subpoena or bench warrant issued in connection therewith may be served by them.