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All members of the police department shall have powers and duties as follows:

A. They shall perform all duties required by the police chief.

B. They shall suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, apprehend all disorderly persons in the town and shall pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state.

C. They shall be the enforcement officers of the town and shall see that the ordinances of the town and the laws of the State of Colorado are complied with. They shall arrest without process all persons engaged in the violation in their presence of any provisions of this code or law of the state. Upon such arrest, they shall forthwith convey such offenders before the proper officer to be dealt with according to law; provided, that they may incarcerate any person whom they shall arrest at a late and unusual hour of the night until the following morning, and provided further, that in the special cases relating to traffic offenses, they may release an arrested person upon his written promise to appear in court.

D. They shall report such offenses as may come to their knowledge to the proper town officials, or they shall report the same to the police chief, securing a warrant for the arrest of offenders when desirable.

E. They shall execute and return all writs and processes to them directed by the municipal judge in any case arising under a town ordinance, and they may serve the same in any part of the county in which the town is situated.

F. They shall observe the condition of the streets, sidewalks and alleys of the town and of any obstruction, nuisance or impediments therein, and shall take necessary measures to remove or abate the same. (Ord. 11, Series 1976)