The Chief of Police shall have the immediate superintendence of the police. He or she and the police officers shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state or of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as a sheriff or constable, and keep them until a trial or examination may be had before the proper officer; and they shall have the same power as a sheriff and constable in relation to all criminal matters arising out of a violation of a city law and all process issued by the county court in connection with a violation of a city law. They shall arrest and detain any person found violating any law of the state or any law of the city, until a legal warrant can be obtained. Each member of the city’s Police Department shall have the duties of becoming well informed as to the laws of the state and laws of the city, of enforcing the laws, of wearing at all times the badge, uniform and insignia furnished by the city for the police and of properly caring for such badge, uniform and insignia, and such further duties as shall be assigned to the members of the Police Department by the Mayor and Council and as are otherwise provided by law. The Chief of Police shall have custody of all city property used by the city police, shall execute the orders of the Mayor, shall be a member of the Board of Health and the Secretary and Quarantine Officer thereof, shall have charge of traffic control on the city streets, shall make and file or cause to be made and filed complaints for violations of the ordinances of the city, and shall perform such other duties as are assigned to or required of him or her by the Mayor and Council or otherwise provided by law.
(Prior Code, § 2-142)