N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 Law § 106

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 457

Section 106 - Powers of members of municipal and volunteer agencies to detain for misdemeanors or infractions

Any person who is a member of a municipal or volunteer agency, in the course of his duty as such and while wearing or displaying a distinguishing brassard or other insignia indicative of authority, may stop and detain any person on account of a misdemeanor or infraction committed by such person in the presence of such member, and may forthwith turn him over to a peace officer who may arrest him without a warrant on the charge of committing the violation constituting the misdemeanor or infraction.