(A) (1) The City may appoint and employ such number of special policemen, deputy sheriffs and deputy game wardens to act as police officers, who shall be known as “Lake Police” as the City may determine to be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Section.
(2) Each such officer so appointed shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this Section and any and all Ordinances, Rules and Regulations of the City for the government, control and protection of the reservoir and all sanitary regulations and ordinances, any and all Laws, ordinances, regulations and rulings of any governmental authority, applicable to the reservoir and marginal land, and it shall be his duty to do so.
(B) Each such officer herein provided for shall have the power and it shall be his duty to preserve the peace and good order and to protect all property within the reservoir, to arrest any person found in the act of violating or attempting to violate any Law of this State or Ordinance, rule or regulation of the City, for the protection and control of the reservoir, or anyone aiding and abetting such violation or attempted violation.
(C) Each such officer shall have the power and authority within the limits of the reservoir and marginal land to serve and execute warrants or other legal process for the apprehension and commitment of persons charged with or held for the commission of any crime or misdemeanor or the violation of any ordinance, rule or regulation of the City governing and controlling the reservoir and marginal land and while serving, or executing or assisting in the service or execution of any such warrant or legal process he shall be vested with all the common law and statutory powers of a law enforcement officer for such purposes.
(D) Any such officer herein provided for may at any time call upon any able-bodied person above the age of eighteen years to aid him in arresting, retaining or holding in custody any person guilty of having committed any unlawful act or charged therewith or to aid such officer in preventing the commission of such unlawful act and whoever shall neglect or refuse to give such aid or assistance when so required shall incur a penalty of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
(E) Whoever shall resist or in any way, hinder or prevent such officer in the discharge of his duty, or shall endeavor to do so, or whom shall in any manner assist any person in the. custody of any such officer to escape or attempt to escape from such custody, or who shall attempt to rescue any person in such custody, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
(Prior Code, Art. 33, § 33j)