(A) There is hereby created the Office of Chief of Police whose duty it shall be to see that the ordinances of the city are strictly enforced. He or she shall promptly serve all processes issued to him or her out of the Municipal Court or coming into his or her hands from any other competent legal authority. He or she shall exercise a careful surveillance over all vagrants, tramps, suspicious or idle persons loitering about the city. He or she shall be the general peace officer of the city, and as such shall arrest on complaint, or otherwise, anyone violating the city ordinances, or laws of the state, or anyone guilty of a breach of the peace. He or she shall be under the supervision of the Mayor and perform other duties as the Mayor or Council may from time to time determine.
(B) He or she shall give a bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties in the sum as the Council may, by ordinance, require.
(Ord. 214, passed 5-21-1941; Ord. 293, passed 10-21-1974)