Chapter 2.25
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Sections:
2.25.010 Police department established.
2.25.020 Marshal – Chief of police.
2.25.030 Additional powers and duties of policemen.
2.25.050 Property taken from the person arrested – Receipts.
2.25.060 Register of property to be kept.
2.25.010 Police department established.
There is hereby established a regularly constituted police force to be known as the police department, which shall consist of a chief of police and such other police officers as shall be employed by the municipality. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-001, 1987.]
2.25.020 Marshal – Chief of police.
(1) Powers. Cities, see Sections 10-6-65 through 10-6-68, Utah Code Annotated 1953.
(2) He shall organize, supervise, and be responsible for all the activities of the police department and shall define and assign the duties of the different police officers.
(3) He shall, when required, attend meetings of the governing body to consult with and advise them on matters of public safety. He shall execute all lawful orders of the mayor and governing body and see that all orders and judgments of the justice of the peace are carried into effect. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-002, 1987.]
2.25.030 Additional powers and duties of policemen.
The chief of police and all police officers of the municipality shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those that may be assigned to them as above provided:
(1) To suppress riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace, and to apprehend all persons committing any offense against the laws of the state or ordinances of the municipality.
(2) To execute and serve all warrants, processes, commitments, and writs whatsoever issued by the justice of the peace.
(3) To preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, protect persons and property, remove nuisances existing in the public streets, roads, highways and other public places, enforce every law relating to the suppression of offenses, render such assistance in the collection and perform all duties enjoined upon them by law and ordinance. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-003, 1987.]
2.25.040 Register of arrest.
The chief of police shall provide and cause to be kept a register of arrest. Upon such register shall be entered a statement showing the date of such arrest, the name of the person arrested, the name of the arresting officer, the offense charged and a description of any property found upon the person arrested. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-004, 1987.]
2.25.050 Property taken from the person arrested – Receipts.
When money or other property is taken from a person arrested upon a charge of a public offense, the officer taking it must, at the time, issue receipts therefor specifying particularly the amount of money or kind of property taken. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-005, 1987.]
2.25.060 Register of property to be kept.
The chief of police must enter or cause to be entered in a suitable book a description of every article of property alleged to be stolen or embezzled and brought into his office or taken from the person of the prisoner and must attach a number to each article and make a corresponding entry thereof. [Ord. 87-34 § 13-01-006, 1987.]