§ 26-21. Duties generally.  


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  • The police department for the city which, together with its officers and employees, is charged with the duties of preserving the public peace; detecting and preventing crimes; arresting violators of the law; protecting the rights of persons and property; preserving peace at all public meetings and public places; preventing and removing, whenever possible, all nuisances on or in the streets and all other places; regulating and controlling vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the streets; investigating traffic accidents and determining the cause and responsibility for such accidents; enforcing the Penal Code and traffic laws of the state; enforcing the penal ordinances of the city and performing and discharging all other duties as are herein or may hereafter be imposed upon it by the laws of the state and by the ordinances of the city.

(Ord. No. 2010-O-176, § 1, 12-6-10)