The officers of the Police Department of the Town of Lakeside 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 of Texas in taking cognizance of, and in enforcing the criminal laws of the state and the ordinances and regulations of the town within the limits of the town, and it shall be the duty of each such officer to use their best endeavors to prevent the commission with the town of offenses against the laws of the state, and against the ordinances and regulations of the town; to observe and enforce all the laws, ordinances, and regulations; to detect and arrest offenders against the same; to preserve the good order of the town, and to secure the inhabitants thereof from violence, and the property therein from injury. The 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 town. The police officer shall not receive any fee or other compensation for any services rendered in the performance of his or her duty, other than the salary paid him or her by the town, nor shall he or she receive a fee as a witness in any case arising under the criminal laws of the state, or under the ordinances or regulations of the town and prosecuted in the corporation court of the town. Each police officer may serve all process issuing out of the corporation court anywhere in the county.
(Ord. 57, passed 9-11-1972; Ord. 57-A, passed 12-1-1988)