§ 901 - Duties of officers
§ 901. Duties of officers
A district judge, sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable having notice or knowledge of the unlawful, tumultuous or riotous assemblage of three or more persons within his or her jurisdiction, among or as near as he or she can safely come to such rioters, shall command them in the name of the state of Vermont immediately and peaceably to disperse. If after such command such rioters do not disperse, such officer or magistrate and such other person as he or she commands to assist him or her shall apprehend and forthwith take them before a district court. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, operative February 1, 1967; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 43, eff. April 9, 1974.)