Athens City Code
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Contents6-4 When Police Officers To Make Arrests
6-4 When Police Officers To Make Arrests
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Unless otherwise authorized or directed in this Code or other applicable law, an arrest of the person shall be made by a police officer in the following cases:
- (1) When he is in possession of a warrant for the arrest of the person.
- (2) When a civil offense is committed or a breach of the peace is threatened in the officer's presence by the person.
- (3) When a felony has in fact been committed and the officer has reasonable cause to believe the person has committed it.
(Code 1972, § 1-504; Code 1995, § 6-104)