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)