Legal Documents of Mosheim

The police department shall have as its objectives:

1. To suppress riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace;
2. To pursue and arrest any persons fleeing from justice in any part of the state;
3. To apprehend any and all persons caught in the act of committing and offenses against the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city and forthwith bring the persons before the proper authority for trial and examination;
4. To diligently and faithfully enforce at all times all such laws, ordinances and regulations for the preservation of good order and the public welfare as the board of mayor and aldermen may ordain;
5. To prevent the loss of life and property by presence, availability, persistent patrolling, and observation;
6. To investigate all crimes;
7. To serve the citizens of the Town of Mosheim;
8. To perform such rescue work as its equipment and/or the training of its personnel makes practicable;
9. To provide emergency medical care at the highest level that the equipment and training of the personnel makes practicable;
10. To assist emergency management of the town;
11. To protect the health and safety of the citizens from crimes and natural disasters;
12. To work with all other police agencies; and
13. To provide public law enforcement and crime prevention education materials and information to the citizens in order that they may protect themselves from harm. (Ord. #274, June 2018)