(A) All peace officers are hereby specifically directed and authorized and it shall be deemed and considered a part of the official duties of each of such officers to enforce the provisions of Nebraska Rules of the Road and this Traffic Code, including the specific enforcement of maximum speed limits, and any other state or village law regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways.
(B) To perform the official duties imposed by this section, peace officers shall have the power:
(1) To make arrests upon view and without warrant for any violation committed in their presence of any of the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act or this title or of any other law regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways, if and when designated or called upon to do so as provided by law;
(2) To make arrests upon view and without warrant for any violation committed in their presence of any provision of the laws of this state relating to misdemeanors or felonies or of similar village ordinances if and when designated or called upon to do so as provided by law;
(3) At all times to direct all traffic in conformity with law or, in the event of a fire or other emergency or in order to expedite traffic or ensure safety, to direct traffic as conditions may require;
(4) When in uniform, to require the driver of a vehicle to stop and exhibit his or her operator’s license and registration certificate issued for the vehicle and submit to an inspection of such vehicle and the license plates and registration certificate for the vehicle and to require the driver of a motor vehicle to present the vehicle within five days for correction of any defects revealed by such motor vehicle inspection as may lead the inspecting officer to reasonably believe that such motor vehicle is being operated in violation of the statutes of Nebraska, the rules and regulations of the Director of Motor Vehicles, or any village ordinance or regulation;
(5) To inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered according to law in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where such a vehicle is held for sale or wrecking;
(6) To serve warrants relating to the enforcement of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways; and
(7) To investigate traffic accidents for the purpose of carrying on a study of traffic accidents and enforcing motor vehicle and highway safety laws.
(Neb. RS 60-683) (1996 Code, § 5-201)
Statutory reference:
Motor Vehicle Operator’s License Act, see Neb. RS 60-462