5-1-3: POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT:
   A.   It shall be the duty of the members of the police department to see to the enforcement of all ordinances of the village, of all statutes effective in the village and to preserve order and prevent infractions of the law and to arrest violators thereof.
   B.   Every member of the police department is hereby declared to be a conservator of the peace. (1966 Code § 40)