Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Chapter 2.20 POLICE DEPARTMENT
2.20.030 Law enforcement personnel--General duties.
A. It shall be the general duty of the chief of police and all sworn law
enforcement personnel to the best of their ability to preserve good order, peace
and quiet throughout the city as provided by law or ordinance.
B. The
chief of police and all sworn law enforcement personnel shall at all times have
power to make arrest under proper process or without process on view of any
offense against the laws of the state of Kansas or laws of the city and to keep
all persons so arrested, unless admitted to bail, in the city jail, county jail
or other proper place to prevent their escape until their trial can be had
before the proper officer.
C. All persons arrested for violation of any
law of the state and who shall not be charged with an offense under any law of
the city shall be released to the custody of the sheriff of the county and such
arrest shall be reported to the county attorney. (Ord. G-797 § 2 (part),
1995)
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