Peace officers.
Section 28
SEC. 28. Peace officers.—The chief of police, the assistant chiefs of police and all the members of the police force shall be peace officers and as such all are authorized to serve and execute all processes of court 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 peace; may arrest or cause to be arrested any offender when the offense is committed in the presence of a peace officer 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 proscribed 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 in case of the existence of organized banditry or piracy, he shall have power to appoint and swear in a 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.