The Police Department of the city shall consist of regularly hired police officers, one of whom shall be the city’s Chief of Police and such other necessary members as may be hired by the City Manager from time to time.

(Prior Code § 11-101; Code 2024)

The city’s Chief of Police shall have general charge and control of the Police Department. The city’s Chief of Police shall be subject to the orders of the City Manager and shall perform such other duties as are prescribed or authorized by law or ordinance and as may be assigned by the City Manager. All other police officers shall perform the duties and exercise the powers as are prescribed or authorized by law or ordinance or as may be assigned to them by the city’s Chief of Police and City Manager.

(Prior Code § 11-102)

Police officers shall at all times to the best of their ability preserve good order, peace, quiet and to enforce the city ordinances and the laws of the state throughout the city. It shall be their further duty to arrest all persons found at any time, day or night, in the act of violating any such ordinance or law, or aiding or abetting any such violation. They shall make complaint against any and every person so arrested and shall cause such person to be brought to trial.

(Prior Code § 11-103)

The city’s Chief of Police and all police officers shall at all times have power to make or order an arrest with proper process for any offense against the ordinances of the city or the laws of the state and to arrest without process in all cases where any such offense shall be committed in their presence, and keep persons arrested in the city jail or other safe place to prevent their escape, until a trial can be had before the Municipal Court or other court having jurisdiction of the offense alleged.

(Prior Code § 11-104)