(A) Marshal.
(1) The Marshal shall be the chief police officer of the town. As such, the Marshal and the Deputy Marshal comprise the Police Department of Shirley.
(I.C. 36-5-7-4)
(2) In executing the orders of the Town Council and enforcing the ordinances of the town and the laws of the state, the Marshal shall possess all the common-law and statutory powers of constables, except in relation to the service of civil process; and any warrant of search or arrest issued by any judge, magistrate or justice of the peace of this state may be executed in any part thereof by the Marshal subject to laws of this state governing arrest and bail.
(3) He or she shall be conservator of the peace in the town and shall arrest, without process, all persons who within the Marshal’s or Deputy’s view commit any crime or misdemeanor contrary to the statutes of this state or ordinances of the town and take them before the court having jurisdiction of the offense with which the person is charged and retain them in custody until the cause of such arrest has been investigated and shall suppress all breaches of the peace within his or her knowledge. Authority is given for the Marshal or Deputy to call to the Marshal’s or Deputy’s aid the power of the town and to pursue and commit to jail all persons who commit an offense in violation of the statutes of this state or the ordinances of the town.
(4) The Marshal or Deputy shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to serve all process issuing either from the County Court or the Town Council. (I.C. 36-5-7-4) (`95 Code, § 23.03)
(B) Deputy Marshal. The Deputy Marshal, in executing the orders of the Town Council or enforcing the ordinances of the town, shall possess the powers and be subject to the liabilities of the Marshal.
(`95 Code, § 23.04)