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Originally Posted by troutman
Can't anyone make an arrest? Citizen's arrest?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen's_arrest
A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law enforcement official.[1] In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medievalEngland and the English common law, when sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.
Canada
Section 494. (Criminal Code)[6]
(1) ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT BY ANY PERSON
Any one may arrest without warrant
(a) a person whom he finds committing an indictable offence; or
(b) a person who, on resonable grounds, he believes
(i) has committed a criminal offence, and
(ii) is escaping from and freshly pursued by persons who have lawful authority to arrest that person |
Actually Transit cops now are considered 'Peace Officers' and have similar powers as real police. I had to pay a transit ticket once for losing my transfer a while back. The official offense is 'failure to produce valid payment' or something like that. So even if you find your ticket later it is still a violation. They told me that if I didn't pay or show up on the specified date that I would be arrested by the police. Now I always buy the tickets from grocery stores and keep the validated ones in my wallet so I never lose one again.