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The power of arrest is a mandate given by a central authority that allows an individual to remove a criminal's (or suspected criminal's) liberty. The power of arrest can also be used to protect a person, or persons from harm or to protect damage to property. However, in many countries, a person also has powers of arrest under citizen's arrest ...
section 4 (driving etc. when under influence of drink or drugs) or section 163 (failure to stop for police) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, section 27 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (which relates to offences involving drink or drugs), section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (failure to comply with interim possession order),
Traffic officers are able to exercise their powers on any road in England and Wales, provided that it is with permission from the chief of police for the relevant force in which the road is situated, or the relevant traffic authority for the road.
The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...
The Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, ... (including police powers to arrest, administer tests, etc.), ...
Discontent is rising in some Paris suburbs over the killing of a 17-year-old man by police on Tuesday after he failed to comply with a traffic stop ("refus d'obtemperer" in French). Here is a ...
A Nigeria Police Force officer directing traffic at a busy intersection. One of the oldest and most basic forms of traffic policing is directing traffic. This is conducted by a traffic officer (usually only one) who stands in the middle of an intersection, using hand signals and occasionally also a whistle, a handheld traffic sign (usually a stop sign), or a handheld light stick to manage the ...
M.G.L. c. 41 s. 98 provides the chief and other police officers of all cities and towns shall have all the powers and duties of constables except serving and executing civil process, allowing them to exercise common law arrest powers, state police are given the same powers throughout the commonwealth under M.G.L. c. 25 s. 97.