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(A) Generally. It shall be the duty of all members of the Department to cause the public peace to be preserved and to see that all laws and ordinances within the city are enforced.
(B) Arrest powers.
(1) Whenever the violation of any law or ordinance shall be reported to them or come to their knowledge, they shall cause the informant, who is a competent witness, to testify against the accused and to sign the required complaint; provided, however, that when a violation of any law or ordinance is committed in their presence, the arrest may be made without a complaint and such complaint may be made by the arresting officer and filed in the proper court. It shall be the duty of members of the Department whenever arrests for the violation of any law or ordinance have been made to see to it that all possible evidence is procured for prosecution of the offenders.
(2) The officers and members of the Police Department shall have power to arrest all offenders against the laws of the state and ordinances of the city, by day or by night, in the same manner as any sheriff or constable, and keep them in the county jail or other place to prevent their escape until trial can be had before the proper court.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-4)
Whenever police shall be in the fresh pursuit of an offender against any law of the state or ordinance of the city, and the offense has been committed within the corporate limits of the city, such police or police officer, while in fresh pursuit, may go beyond the corporate or geographical limits of the city. The arresting officer may take such offender to and keep such offender in the county jail or other place to prevent escape until trial can be had before the proper court, or may personally hand such arrested person a notice in writing, or partly in writing and partly printed, to appear in the proper court at a time specified in such notice. In addition to such notice, whenever a proper judge is not available to fix and accept bail for the appearance of such offender in a court of competent jurisdiction, such arresting officer may accept a temporary bail for the appearance of such offender at the time specified in said notice, and which bail shall be by the arresting officer delivered to the proper judge.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-5)
The city declares that it desires to qualify to receive aid for police training from the State Police Officers’ Standards and Training Council pursuant to Idaho Code 19-5101 et seq., and, while receiving such aid, will adhere to the standards for recruitment and training established by that Council.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-6)
(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Any person who violates any of the provisions of §§ 32.22 through 32.26 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in § 10.99 of this code. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense up to a total of three days. However, each new violation will constitute a separate offense also subject to penalty as provided in § 10.99 of this code.
(Prior Code, § 2-3-7)