A. Department Created: There is a Police Department, the head of which is the Chief of Police. All police officers are officers of the Town.
B. Duties Of Department: The Police Department shall apprehend, arrest, and turn over to proper authorities or otherwise bring to justice, as provided by law, all violators of the ordinances of the Town or of Federal or State law; shall suppress all riots, affrays, and unlawful assemblies which may come to its knowledge, and generally keep the peace; shall serve all warrants, writs executions, and other process properly directed and delivered to the department; and in all respects shall perform all duties pertaining to the offices of police officers.
C. Police Officers:
1. Appointment: Unless the Board of Trustees delegates any such appointive authority to the Chief of Police, employees or officers deemed necessary shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Chief of Police.
2. Duties: Police officers shall perform such duties as shall be required of them by the Chief of Police, Town ordinances, Federal, State and County regulations, and any other actions required in the maintenance of good order and public peace.
D. Requests For Search Of Controlled Dangerous Substances: The Police Department may, upon written request from business establishments, schools, or other public facilities, use its personnel and canine service to search for controlled dangerous substances for a fee as set by the Town.
E. Emergency Duties In Other Jurisdictions:
1. Approval is hereby given for service of members of the Police Department of the Town as police officers of any other jurisdiction in an emergency situation in the State not more than forty five (45) miles distant from the Town when such service is requested by the Mayor or his designee or by the Chief of Police or his designee of the jurisdiction.
2. Requests for service under this subsection shall be made in writing or by telephone, or other means of communications, to the Mayor and, in his absence, the Vice Mayor, who, if he/she determines that the request can be granted consistently with the continuance of the proper police protection to the inhabitants of the Town, and after consultation with the Chief of Police, shall direct the Chief of Police to furnish the number of officers requested and to arrange their transportation to the requesting jurisdiction. (2018 Code)