The police department of this city shall consist of a chief of police and such number of regular law enforcement officers as shall be appointed as provided by K.S.A. 15-204 and amendments thereto and section 1-301 of this code.

(Code 1984)

It shall be the general duty of the chief of police and all sworn police personnel to the best of their ability to preserve good order, peace and quiet throughout the city as provided by law or ordinance.

The chief of police and all sworn police personnel shall at all times have power to make arrests 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.

All persons arrested for violation of any law of the state and who shall not be charged with an offense under a 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. 139, 225)

There is hereby incorporated by reference the “South Hutchinson Police Department Code of Conduct,” prepared by the South Hutchinson Police Department. No fewer than three copies of such code shall b marked or stamped “Official Copy as adopted by the Code of the City of South Hutchinson, Kansas,” and shall be filed in the city clerk’s office and open for public inspection at all reasonable office hours.

(Code 1984)