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Officer's of the Harbor Police Department are granted
powers to make arrests and perform police functions under Louisiana Revised
Statutes 34:25 and 34:26. R.S. 34:26 reads: "The Board of
Commissioners may, in its discretion, appoint, fix salaries of, and pay Port
and Harbor Police; said police to consist of such number of men of good
character and citizens of the state, not under 21 years of age. Each
of the Port and Harbor Police so appointed shall furnish bond in the sum to
be fixed by the Board of Commissioners at not less than one thousand
dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties, and any
person injured or damaged by any Port or Harbor Police may sue upon said
bond. The Port and Harbor Police shall have, under the direction and
control of the Board of Commissioners, the same power to make arrests, in
and upon the property within the jurisdiction of the Board and approaches
thereto, and to execute and return all criminal warrants and processes, as
sheriffs of this state have, and shall under the same direction and
authority, have all the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in all places
and on all premises under the jurisdiction and control of the Board, and the
streets and approaches thereto. Any persons arrested by officers of
the Board and the return of all warrants or processes served by said
officers shall be forthwith surrendered or delivered to the criminal sheriff
of the Parish of Orleans or sheriffs of St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes;
provided that this shall in no way deprive the New Orleans city police or
any sheriff or deputy sheriff in the parishes of Orleans, St. Bernard or
Jefferson from making arrests or from serving warrants or process of court
in any such place or on any such premises. The Board of Commissioners
shall make rules and regulations for the conduct, management and control of
the Port and Harbor Police, and shall, from time to time, enlarge, modify or
change such rules and regulations at its discretion."
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