Section 49-16A-103 - Railroad police--Authority to arrest--Procedure on arrest without warrant.
49-16A-103. Railroad police--Authority to arrest--Procedure on arrest without warrant. Policemen employed pursuant to § 49-16A-102 have the authority to arrest, with or without warrant, any person who commits an offense against the laws of this state, or the ordinances of any municipality, when such offense has been committed on the premises of the railroad, or in and about its cars, depots, depot grounds, yards, buildings, or other structures. They also have the authority of law enforcement officers in regard to the arrest and apprehension of offenders in or about such premises. If an arrest is made by such a policemen without warrant, he shall immediately take the offender to a magistrate having jurisdiction of the offense, and file a complaint against the offender.
Source: SDC 1939, § 52.1201; SDCL, § 49-27-2; SL 1980, ch 322, § 102.