Section 764.2a - Peace officer; exercise of authority in other county, city, village, township, or university; violation involving water vessel.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT)
Act 175 of 1927
764.2a Peace officer; exercise of authority in other county, city, village, township, or university; violation involving water vessel.
Sec. 2a.
(1) A peace officer of a county, city, village, township, or university of this state may exercise the authority and powers of a peace officer outside the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university under any of the following circumstances:
(a) If the officer is enforcing the laws of this state in conjunction with the Michigan state police.
(b) If the officer is enforcing the laws of this state in conjunction with a peace officer of any other county, city, village, township, or university in which the officer may be.
(c) If the officer has witnessed an individual violate any of the following within the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university and immediately pursues the individual outside of the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university:
(i) A state law or administrative rule.
(ii) A local ordinance.
(iii) A state law, administrative rule, or local ordinance, the violation of which is a civil infraction, municipal civil infraction, or state civil infraction.
(2) The officer pursuing an individual under subsection (1)(c) may stop and detain the person outside the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university for the purpose of enforcing that law, administrative rule, or ordinance or enforcing any other law, administrative rule, or ordinance before, during, or immediately after the detaining of the individual. If the violation or pursuit involves a vessel moving on the waters of this state, the officer pursuing the individual may direct the operator of the vessel to bring the vessel to a stop or maneuver it in a manner that permits the officer to come beside the vessel.
History: Add. 1939, Act 100, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 764.2a ;-- Am. 1975, Act 159, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1975 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 483, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002