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DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY#
Secs. 2-133—2-162. - Reserved.#
DIVISION 2. - PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT#
Sec. 2-163. - Established.#
There is hereby established a regularly constituted police force to be known as the public safety department which shall consist of a town marshal/chief of police and such other police officers as shall be employed by the town.
(Code 1981, § 13-111)
Sec. 2-164. - Marshal/chief of police.#
(a)
The town shall have all the powers for towns designated in U.C.A. 1953, §§ 10-6-69, 10-13-10 and 17-25-1 et seq.
(b)
The town marshal/chief of police shall organize, supervise, and be responsible for all the activities of the police department and shall define and assign the duties of the police officers.
(c)
The town marshal/chief of police shall, when required, attend meetings of the town council to consult with and advise them on matters of public safety. He shall execute all lawful orders of the mayor and town council and see that all orders and judgments of the justice court are carried into effect.
(Code 1981, § 13-112)
Sec. 2-165. - Additional powers and duties of police officers.#
The town marshal/chief of police and all police officers of the town shall have the following powers and duties in addition to those that may be assigned to them in section 2-164: (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 town.
(2)
To execute and serve all warrants, processes, commitments and writs whatsoever issued by the justice court.
(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 of licenses as may be required by the license collector and perform all duties enjoined upon them by law and ordinance.
(Code 1981, § 13-113)
Sec. 2-166. - Register of arrest.#
The town marshal/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.
(Code 1981, § 13-114)
Sec. 2-167. - Property taken from the person arrested; triplicate receipts.#
When a person is arrested upon a charge of a public offense, that person is taken to the county jail. Any property in that person's possession shall be held as evidence or processed as provided in proper booking at the county jail.
(Code 1981, § 13-115)
Sec. 2-168. - Register of property to be kept.#
The town marshal/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.
(Code 1981, § 13-116)
Sec. 2-169. - Stolen property disposition.#
It shall be the duty of the town marshal/chief of police to keep all lost or stolen property that comes into the possession of the police department or any of its members. He shall make all reasonable efforts to discover the owners thereof.
(Code 1981, § 13-117)