DIVISION III.
DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 2.40
POLICE DEPARTMENT

Sections:

   2.40.010   Created.

   2.40.020   Rules and regulations.

   2.40.030   Police chief-Appointment-Duties- Oath-Bond.

   2.40.040   Police officers-Duties.

   2.40.050   Police officers-Oath and bond.

   2.40.060   Uniforms.

   2.40.070   Duty of citizens to aid.

   2.40.080   Extraterritorial duty.

   2.40.090   Reserve police.

   2.40.100   Private police.

2.40.010 Created.

   There is created a police department for the city which shall consist of one chief of police and as many policemen as may from time to time be deemed necessary for the safety and good order of the city. (Prior code § 4-1-1)

2.40.020 Rules and regulations.

   The police department shall be operated and managed in accordance with such departmental rules and regulations as may be adopted by the commission. (Prior code § 4-1-2)

2.40.030 Police chief-Appointment-Duties- Oath-Bond.

   The chief of police shall be appointed by the governing body. The chief of police shall:

   A.   Execute and return all writs and processes as directed by the municipal judge;

   B.   Serve criminal writs and processes in any part of the county wherein the municipality is situated; and

   C.   Within the municipality, to suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons, pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice, and apprehend any person in the act of violating the laws of the state or the ordinances of the municipality and bring him before competent authority for examination and trial;

   D.   Render such accounts of the police department, his duties, department operations and receipts as may be required by the commission and keep records of the department and his office open to public inspection at all reasonable times;

   E.   Before entering upon the duties of such office, the chief of police shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will support the constitution and laws of the state of New Mexico, the constitution of the United States and the ordinances of the municipality, and that he will faithfully perform the duties of the office upon which he is about to enter.

   F.   He shall furnish a surety bond in a principal sum to be fixed and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, or a surety bond covering all officers of the department may be secured.

   G.   He may be removed for just and probable cause relating to malfeasance in office, neglect of duties or failure to carry out the desires of the governing body. (Prior code § 4-1-3)

2.40.040 Police officers-Duties.

   All members of the police department shall:

   A.   Perform all duties as required by law;

   B.   Suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons in the city, and shall pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state;

   C.   Be the enforcement officers of the city and shall see that the provisions of this code, city ordinances, and the laws of the state of New Mexico are complied with. They shall arrest without process all persons engaged in the violation in their presence of any provision of this code or the law of the state. Upon such arrest, they shall forthwith convey such offenders before the proper officer to be dealt with according to law; provided, that they may incarcerate any person whom they shall arrest at a late and unusual hour of the night until the following morning; and provided further, that in the special cases relating to traffic offenses they may release an arrested person upon his written promise to appear in court;

   D.   Report such offenses as may come to their knowledge to the proper municipal official or they shall report the same to the municipal judge, securing a warrant for the arrest of offenders as shall be directed;

   E.   Execute and return all writs and process to them directed by the municipal judge in any case arising under a municipal ordinance, and may serve the same in any part of the county in which such municipality is situated;

   F.   Observe the condition of the streets, sidewalks, and alleys of the city, and of any obstruction, nuisance, or impediments therein, and shall take necessary measures to remove or abate the same. (Prior code § 4-1-4)