Legal Documents of Mosheim

Generally, the police chief and the officers of the Town of Mosheim Police Department are hereby vested with all power and authority given to them as police officers under the laws of the State of Tennessee in taking cognizance of and enforcing criminal laws of the State of Tennessee and the ordinances and regulations of the town within the city limits of the Town of Mosheim, and it shall be the duty of each such officer to use his best endeavors to prevent within the town, offenses against the laws of the state and against the ordinances and regulations of the town. Such officers shall not receive any fee or other compensation for any services rendered in the performance of his duty other than the salary paid by the town, nor shall he receive a fee as a witness in any case arising under the criminal laws of the state or under the ordinances or regulations of the town and prosecuted in the court of said town. (Ord. #274, June 2018)