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Powers of arrest

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The power of arrest is a mandate given to certain members of a society by the central authority that allows them to remove a criminal or suspected criminal's liberty. The power of arrest can also be used to protect a person, or persons from harm or to protect damage to property.

Arrest usually leads to police custody. In many countries, the power of arrest has now been extended to not only the Police, but to other law enforcement agencies such as Immigration, Customs & Excise and authorised Bailiffs, etc.

Originally, powers of arrest were confined to sheriffs in England for a local area. Over the past few hundred years, the legal power of arrest has gradually expanded to include a large number of people/officials, the majority of which have come to the fore more recently. These various individuals all may utilise similar or different powers of arrest, but generally adhere to one particular field.

However, in many countries, a person also has powers powers of arrest under citizen's arrest or any person arrest powers.

The individuals below have been listed in order of when the power of arrest became available to the individual, starting from the earliest. This 'drafting into the police department', or 'deputizing' is similar to the way that more and more people have been added to the full time workforce, to where multiple members of a family now commonly work even multiple part-time or full-time jobs, to make up for income lost by lowering pay. Wherever corners can be cut, they are, except at the top.


United Kingdom

England & Wales

The following persons all have various powers of arrest within England & Wales in various capacities:

United States

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