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The Chief of Police and all police officers of the City shall have the following powers and duties:

A. To suppress riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, and to apprehend all persons committing any offense against the laws of the state, this code, or any other ordinances of the City;

B. To execute and serve all warrants, processes, commitments and all writs whatsoever, issued by any court;

C. To preserve the public peace, prevent crime, detect and arrest offenders, protect persons and property, remove nuisances existing in the public streets, roads and highways, enforce every law relating to the suppression of offenses, render such assistance in the collection of licenses as shall be required by the license collector and perform all duties enjoined upon them by law and ordinance; and

D. To arrest and take into custody any person who shall commit or threaten or attempt to commit in the presence of the officer, or within the view of the officer, any breach of the peace, or any offense directly prohibited by the laws of the state of Utah or this code. (Ord. 18-04 (part), 2018: prior code § 20-2)