New Franklin Duties ordinance (§ 200.040)

It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and other officers to see that all the laws and ordinances pertaining to the Police regulations of the City are duly enforced and they shall make complaint before the proper officer for every violation of a City ordinance coming within their knowledge. Every Police Officer shall arrest without process in all cases in which any offense against the laws of the City or of the State shall be committed in his/her presence. Every person arrested for violation of any law or ordinance, whether upon warrant or without, shall be taken before the proper officer as soon as the complaint can be heard and in case a hearing cannot be had at once, the members of the Police Department shall have power to commit such person to the City prison or other safe place for keeping until the complaint can be heard and examined.