Auxiliary police officers shall have the following powers and duties when properly assigned and on duty:
(A) To aid and direct traffic in the city;
(B) To aid in the control of natural or human- made disasters;
(C) To aid in case of civil disorder;
(D) To perform normal and regular police duties when assigned by the Chief of Police on occasions when it is impracticable for members of the regular Police Department to perform normal or regular police duties;
(E) To arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or criminal law of the state;
(F) To commit arrested persons for examination;
(G) If necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody overnight or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper magistrate;
(H) To exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace that the corporate authorities may prescribe; and
(I) To serve and execute all warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or code provisions, or the state criminal law, within the corporate limits of the city, and for this purpose shall have all the common statutory powers of sheriffs.
(1969 Code, § 21-42) (Ord. 1969-2, passed 1-27-1969)