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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE | |
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Introduced By: Senators Hodgson, Kettle, Doyle, Felag, and Ottiano | |
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Date Introduced: January 18, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 12-7-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled "Arrest" is |
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hereby amended to read as follows: |
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12-7-19. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns. -- Any member of |
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a duly organized municipal peace unit of another city or town of the state who enters any city or |
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town in close pursuit and continues within any city or town in such close pursuit of a person in |
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order to |
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the other city or town shall have the same authority to arrest and hold in custody the person as |
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members of a duly organized municipal peace unit of any city or town have to arrest and hold in |
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custody a person on the ground that he or she has violated the motor vehicle code in any city or |
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town. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would change the word “arrest” to “stop” to describe the action a police officer |
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from one city or town crosses into another city or town in close pursuit takes. He or she then |
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would have the authority to arrest the person pursued for violation of the motor vehicle code. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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