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§ 54-1f. Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts
CT ST § 54-1fConnecticut General Statutes AnnotatedTitle 54. Criminal ProcedureEffective: October 1, 2015 (Approx. 2 pages)
§ 54-1f. Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts
CT ST § 54-1fConnecticut General Statutes AnnotatedTitle 54. Criminal ProcedureEffective: October 1, 2015 (Approx. 2 pages)
Connecticut General Statutes Annotated
Title 54. Criminal Procedure
Chapter 959. Court Jurisdiction and Power (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Arrest and Arraignment
Effective: October 1, 2015
C.G.S.A. § 54-1f
§ 54-1f. Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts
(a) For purposes of this section, the respective precinct or jurisdiction of a state marshal or judicial marshal shall be wherever such marshal is required to perform duties. Peace officers, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3, in their respective precincts, shall arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person for any offense in their jurisdiction, when the person is taken or apprehended in the act or on the speedy information of others, provided that no constable elected pursuant to the provisions of section 9-200 shall be considered a peace officer for the purposes of this subsection, unless the town in which such constable holds office provides, by ordinance, that constables shall be considered peace officers for the purposes of this subsection.
(b) Members of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or of any local police department or any chief inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice shall arrest, without previous complaint and warrant, any person who the officer has reasonable grounds to believe has committed or is committing a felony.
(c) Members of any local police department or the Office of State Capitol Police and constables and state marshals who are certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e, inclusive, and who perform criminal law enforcement duties, when in immediate pursuit of a person who may be arrested under the provisions of this section, except a person alleged to have violated only a municipal ordinance, are authorized to pursue such person outside of their respective precincts into any part of the state in order to effect the arrest. Such person may then be returned in the custody of such officer to the precinct in which the offense was committed.
Credits
(1949 Rev., § 465; 1953, Supp. § 150c; 1955, Supp. § 195d; 1958 Rev., § 6-49; 1961, P.A. 239; 1971, P.A. 754; 1975, P.A. 75-567, § 69, eff. June 30, 1975; 1976, P.A. 76-111, § 3; 1977, P.A. 77-614, § 486, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; 1980, P.A. 80-313, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; 1980, P.A. 80-394, § 7, eff. May 30, 1980; 1981, P.A. 81-472, § 93, eff. July 8, 1981; 1983, P.A. 83-518, § 2; 1984, P.A. 84-302, § 2; 1989, P.A. 89-129, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; 1996, P.A. 96-219, § 10; 2000, P.A. 00-99, § 6, eff. Dec. 1, 2000; 2001, P.A. 01-195, § 70, eff. July 11, 2001; 2011, P.A. 11-51, § 134(a), eff. July 1, 2011; 2015, P.A. 15-83, § 1.)
C. G. S. A. § 54-1f, CT ST § 54-1f
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