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 Hoover
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article V. POLICE

  § 2-97. Same—Duties.  

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  • (a)

    The police department shall be charged with the preservation of the peace and order of the city, the protection of all persons and property within the city and the enforcement of all criminal ordinances and all criminal laws of the city and the state. The department shall suppress all riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace, pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state or of the United States, arrest all persons found in the act of committing a breach of the laws or ordinances of the city and take the offenders forthwith before the proper court to be dealt with according to law, and shall make complaint to the proper officers of any person known or believed to be guilty of the violation of any of the laws or ordinances of the city or of the penal laws of the state or of the United States. The department shall also cooperate with law enforcement agencies of the state and of the United States.

    (b)

    The police department shall patrol all parts of the city and the police jurisdiction, so far as the size of the force permits.

    (c)

    The police department shall be charged with the enforcement of all traffic regulations and ordinances.

    (d)

    The police department shall be charged with operation and supervision of city's jail.

    (e)

    The police department shall perform all the duties and responsibilities of the police of the city and shall have all of the powers, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon the police by virtue of ordinances of the city and laws of the state, and shall have such other additional powers, duties, responsibilities, and rights as may be lawfully imposed upon the police department by any administrative directive, resolution, rule, ordinance, or law.

(Ord. No. 3, § 3, 9-11-67; Ord. No. 11-2203, § 2, 4-4-11)

State law reference

Enforcement of ordinances, Code of Ala. 1975, § 11-45-1; Ala. Criminal Code, Code of Ala. 1975, § 13A-1-1; arrests, Code of Ala. 1975, § 15-10-1 et seq.; motor vehicles and traffic, Code of Ala. 1975, § 32-1-1.1 et seq.; state department of public safety, Code of Ala. 1975, § 32-2-1 et seq.; territory covered by police jurisdiction, Code of Ala. 1975, § 11-40-10; uniform traffic infractions, Ala. Rules of Judicial Administration (Code of Ala. 1975, Vol. 23), Rule 19.