The Police Department shall consist of the Chief of Police and such further number of regular police officers as may be duly ordered by resolution of the Council. The Chief of Police shall, subject to the direction of the City Administrator, have control and management of all matters relating to the Police Department and its officers and members and shall have the custody and control of all property and books belonging to the Department. He or she shall devote his or her whole time to the city affairs and interests of the city, and to the preservation of peace, order and safety. The Department shall execute and enforce all laws and also the orders of the City Administrator. It shall be the duty of the Department to protect the rights of persons and property. The Department shall take notice of all nuisances, impediments, obstructions and defects in the streets, avenues, alleys, business places and residences of the city. The Department shall execute, or cause to be executed, the processes issued and shall cause all persons arrested to be brought before the proper court for trial as speedily as possible. The Chief of Police and all regular and special police officers shall become thoroughly conversant with the laws of the city, and shall see that the laws of the city are strictly enforced, and shall make sworn complaints against any person for violation of the laws of the city.
(Prior Code, § 30-31)