(a) (1) The members of the Senate and House of Representatives and the clerks, sergeants-at-arms, and doorkeepers of each branch of the General Assembly shall be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly and for fifteen (15) days before the commencement and after the termination of each session. (2) If any person […]
When a judge or magistrate is satisfied that a felony has been committed, he or she shall have power to summon before him or her any persons he or she may think proper and examine them on oath concerning it to enable him or her to ascertain the offender and to issue a warrant for […]
(a) (1) (A) A warrant of arrest may be issued by any circuit court judge, district court judge, or magistrate. (B) A warrant of arrest may be executed by any law enforcement officer. (2) It is the duty of a circuit court judge, district court judge, or magistrate to issue a warrant for the arrest […]
Any law enforcement officer to whom any criminal summons or warrant of arrest is directed may serve or execute it in any county in the state.
(a) An arrest may be made by a certified law enforcement officer or by a private person. (b) A certified law enforcement officer may make an arrest: (1) In obedience to a warrant of arrest delivered to him or her; and (2) (A) Without a warrant, where a public offense is committed in his or […]
(a) An arrest is made by placing the person of the defendant in restraint or by his or her submitting to the custody of the person making the arrest. (b) No unnecessary force or violence shall be used in making the arrest. (c) To make an arrest, a law enforcement officer may break open the […]
State and local police are authorized to enter upon the parking areas of private business establishments and to discover, investigate, and effect the arrest of persons thereon violating any state or local law to the same extent as if the person or persons were upon the public streets or highways.
(a) (1) When any sheriff or other law enforcement officer makes an arrest, he or she is authorized to take and to approve bail in the manner provided by law wherever he or she makes the arrest. (2) If the offense charged is a misdemeanor, the person arrested may immediately give bail for appearing on […]
(a) (1) The sheriff or officer who has executed a warrant of arrest shall make a written return on the warrant of the time and manner of executing it and deliver the warrant to the judge or magistrate before whom the defendant is brought. (2) If bail is given as provided in § 16-81-109(a)(2), the […]
(a) If the defendant escapes or is rescued after an arrest, the person in whose custody he or she was may immediately pursue and recapture him or her in any part of the state. (b) (1) If any person charged with or convicted of a felony within this state breaks prison, escapes, flees from justice, […]
(a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(3) of this section, when a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe a person has committed acts which constitute a crime under the laws of this state and which constitute domestic abuse as defined in subdivision (b)(1) of this section against a family or household […]
(a) Any person who pumps fuel into a vehicle or container, which fuel is the property of a retail business entity that engages in the sale of fuel, and then leaves the premises with the fuel and without paying for the fuel shall be subject to arrest during the four (4) hours following the event, […]
(a) A certified law enforcement officer from an adjoining state who is in Arkansas shall have the authorization to act as described in subsection (b) of this section if the officer is: (1) Regularly assigned to duty in a municipality that is within one (1) mile of an Arkansas border; (2) On duty in his […]
If a law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe a person has violated § 5-60-124 or § 5-60-125, the officer may arrest the person without a warrant even if the incident did not take place in the presence of the officer if the officer has probable cause to believe the person has violated the […]
(a) If a person who is deaf is arrested for a criminal offense and taken into custody, the arresting law enforcement officer and his or her superiors shall procure a qualified interpreter in order to properly interrogate the deaf person and to interpret the person’s statement. (b) If a qualified interpreter is not present when […]
(a) As used in this section, “school resource officer” means a school resource officer as described under § 6-10-128. (b) A school resource officer may issue a citation to a person to appear in the local district court having jurisdiction over the place where a violation of state law occurred even if the school resource […]
