(a) A municipality may establish and maintain:
- (1) a fire department; and
- (2) a police force.
(b) A municipality may:
- (1) provide for the removal of fire hazards;
- (2) control the use and handling of dangerous and explosive materials; and
- (3) prevent the discharge of firearms or other explosive instruments.
(c) A municipality may:
- (1) pay rewards for information relating to crime committed in the municipality;
- (2) prohibit vagrancy, vice, gambling, and houses of prostitution in the municipality;
(3) enforce all ordinances relating to disorderly conduct and nuisances equally:
- (i) within the municipality; and
- (ii) up to one-half mile outside the municipal limits, except where there is a conflict with the powers of another municipality; and
- (4) prohibit minors from being on the streets and in public places at certain hours of the night.
Added by Acts 2013, c. 119, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.