§ 3-1-2-7. POLICE OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES.
   (A)   Police officers of the City shall:
      (1)   Serve all process within the municipality issuing from any court;
      (2)   Arrest, without process, all persons who within view violate statutes, take them before the court having jurisdiction of the offense and retain them in custody until the cause of the arrest has been investigated;
      (3)   Enforce municipal ordinances in accordance with I.C. 36-1-6;
      (4)   Suppress all breaches of the peace within their knowledge and may call to their aid the power of the municipality and pursue and commit to jail persons guilty of crimes;
      (5)   Serve all process issued by the Common Council of the municipality or any committee of it, or by any executive departments of the City;
      (6)   Assist the bailiffs or constable in preserving order in the Lawrence division of the small claims court of Marion County;
      (7)   Convey prisoners to and from the Marion County lockup for arraignment or trial in the courts of Marion County;
      (8)   Execute within the City warrants of search or arrest issued by any judge, subject to the laws governing arrest and bail; and
      (9)   Perform any other lawful function prescribed by statute, ordinance or court order.
   (B)   A City police officer shall arrest a person when the officer has:
      (1)   A warrant commanding that the person be arrested;
      (2)   Probable cause to believe the person has committed or attempted to commit or is committing or attempting to commit a felony;
      (3)   Probable cause to believe the person has violated the provisions of I.C. 9-21-8-52 or 9-30-5;
      (4)   Probable cause to believe the person is committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor in the officer’s presence; or
      (5)   Probable cause to believe the person has committed a battery resulting in bodily injury under I.C. 35-42-2-1, and that the arrest is necessary to prevent the reoccurrence of a battery.