Peace officers.
Section 22
SEC. 22. Peace officers.—The chief of police, all city officials, and all members of the police force and secret service shall be peace officers, and all are authorized to serve and execute all processes of courts to whomsoever directed, within the jurisdiction or police limits of the city, and, within the same territory, they may pursue and arrest any person found in suspicious places or under suspicious circumstances reasonably tending to show that such person has committed, or is about to commit, any crime or breach of the peace; may arrest or cause to be arrested, any offender when the offense is committed in the presence of a peace official or within his view; and in such pursuit or arrest may enter any building or take into custody any person therein suspected of being concerned in such crime or breach of the peace, and any property suspected of having been stolen; they shall detain such person only until he can be brought before the proper court, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. Whenever the Mayor shall deem it necessary, to avert danger- or to protect life and property in case of riot, disturbance, or public calamity, or when he has reason to fear any violation of law and order, he shall have power to swear in special police, in such numbers as the occasion may demand; such special police shall have the same powers, while on duty, as members of the regular force.