arrest powers
Lawful custody rights
Arrest powers are the legal authority granted to certain individuals—typically police officers, but also security personnel, bailiffs, or ordinary citizens in specific circumstances—to detain someone suspected of a crime.
The scope varies: police generally have broad arrest powers, while citizen's arrest is limited to witnessed felonies or breaches of the peace.
The security guard exceeded his arrest powers by detaining the shoplifter for hours.
- probable causeLegal threshold for searches
- reasonable suspicionJustifiable grounds for investigation
- police trainingPreparing officers for duty
- handcuffingBinding wrists with restraints
- detentionTemporary official holding
in custody · qualified immunity · human rights · use of force · proportionality · warrant · judicial oversight · due process · booking · accountability · racial profiling · excessive force · police brutality · sovereign immunity · Fourth Amendment · interrogation · public trust · tasers
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Writ challenging lawful custody
exoneration · acquittal · freedom of movement · right to liberty · unlawful imprisonment
arrest powerscivil liberties
Rights limiting government power
Miranda rights · right to counsel · presumption of innocence · constitutional safeguards · defendant's rights
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