234.01 CHIEF OF POLICE; POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Police Department shall be headed by the Chief of Police who shall be the commanding officer of the Police Force. He or she shall direct the police work of the City and be responsible for the enforcement of law and order, under the supervision and direction of the Public Safety Commission. The Department shall have the duty to enforce every provision of these Codified Ordinances, the violation of which is subject to the penalty prescribed in Section 202.99, even though another department or officer is specified as having the primary duty of carrying out the particular activity involved and enforcing such provisions.
(1974 Code Sec. 1.41)