Paradise Municipal Code Ch. 2.24 Police Department

There is established the police department of the town. (Ord. 27 §1, 1980)

The functions of the police department shall include:

A. To prevent crime and maintain law and order in the town by enforcing the laws of the United States, the state and town, except when the enforcement is vested by law in another office or officer;

B. To maintain in efficient operable condition those crime prevention and law enforcement systems and facilities assigned to the police department;

C. Subject to the prior approval of the town manager, to recruit and train such reserve police officers or such other volunteer police personnel as may reasonably be required to augment the regular police department manpower;

D. To serve subpoenas duly and properly issued in the name of the town and attested by the town clerk compelling attendance of witnesses before the council or any commission, board or officer of the town; and

E. To perform such other duties as the town manager may direct. (Ord. 27 §2, 1980)

The police department shall be headed by a police chief who shall be responsible for the direction and control of all functions assigned to that department. The police department shall be organized, maintained and operated by the police chief under the general administrative direction and subject to the approval of the town manager. (Ord. 27 §3, 1980)