It shall be the duty of the chief of police and members of the police force to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and police officers shall immediately report any broken, defective or unsafe sidewalk to the owner or tenant of the premises in front of or adjoining which such defect exists and notify him to repair the same forthwith.
Police officers shall also report all such defects or unsafe sidewalks or crossings as well as the particulars of any accident that may occur by reason of any defective or unsafe sidewalk or crossing and the names of witnesses and persons injured thereby, to the chief of police specifying the hour at which the owner or tenant, as aforesaid, was notified to repair his walk, and the chief of police shall in turn notify the engineer thereof. (Ord. 97, 8-5-1910)