§ 42-22. Same—Duties.

The police chief shall have the following duties:

(1)

To attend upon request meetings of the city council and trials before the municipal court;

(2)

To see to the proper service of all summonses, subpoenas, citations, executions, attachments, and rules of the city council;

(3)

To see to the collection of all fines and costs imposed by the municipal court;

(4)

To see that the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city and all statutes applicable therein are faithfully enforced;

(5)

To preserve the public peace, prevent infractions of the law, and arrest violators thereof;

(6)

To protect the rights of persons and property;

(7)

To oversee the conduct of the officers and men of the police force, and to be held strictly responsible for such conduct and for the general good order of the department;

(8)

To keep adequate records of all personnel and equipment of the department including a log of all questions, activities, and investigations;

(9)

To submit a monthly report to the city council outlining the number and type of arrests for state offenses, the number and type of cases involving violations of municipal ordinances, and the number of arrests made and cases reported by each police officer;

(10)

To submit monthly to the state department of public safety the uniform crime report prescribed by state law in O.C.G.A. § 35-3-36;

(11)

To designate when necessary certain vehicles as "emergency vehicles," provided that such vehicles, however, are registered with the police and filed in the chief records of the city; and

(12)

To discharge such other duties as may be required of him by the mayor or council.

(Code 1979, § 3-606.3.c)