22-2401. Arrest by law enforcement officer.
22-2401
22-2401. Arrest by law enforcement officer.A law enforcement officer may arrest a person under any of thefollowing circumstances:
(a) The officer has a warrant commanding that theperson be arrested.
(b) The officer has probable cause to believe that a warrantfor the person's arrest has been issued in this state or in another jurisdictionfor a felony committed therein.
(c) The officer has probable cause to believe that the personis committing or has committed:
(1) A felony; or
(2) a misdemeanor, and the law enforcement officer has probable cause tobelieve that:
(A) The person will not be apprehended or evidence of thecrime will be irretrievably lost unless the person is immediatelyarrested;
(B) the person may cause injury to self orothers or damage to property unless immediately arrested; or
(C) the person has intentionally inflicted bodily harm to another person.
(d) Any crime, except a traffic infraction or a cigarette or tobaccoinfraction, has been or is beingcommitted by the person in the officer's view.
History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2401; L. 1984, ch. 127, § 2; L.1984, ch. 39, § 37;L. 1996, ch. 214, § 29; July 1.