§ 143. Service of process. All criminal process for any offense
committed within the city, and all process to recover or to enforce any
penalty for the violation of any city ordinance issued out of any court
or by any magistrate within the city, and every process, subpoena or
bench warrant issued by the district attorney of the county in which the
city is situated, relating to any offense committed within the city, and
every process, subpoena or warrant issued by any coroner of such county
in any inquest held in the city relative to the death of any person, may
be served by any member of the police department.