§ 10-1. Arrest and detention of violators  


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  • Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, town sergeant, constable, harbormaster or police officer who shall discover any person in the act of committing any of the acts prohibited in this chapter shall arrest such person and detain him in custody until a complaint can be made against him for the offense for which he shall have been arrested and until he is taken on a warrant issued upon such complaint. Any property owner, tenant, lessee or occupant who shall discover any person committing any of the acts prohibited in this chapter in or upon his property or property over which he has control may arrest and detain the person committing such acts in similar manner as the officers set out in this section. Such detention shall not continue for more than a period of two hours without an arrest being made, and no person so arrested shall be held for a period exceeding 24 hours without a complaint being made to and a warrant obtained from a justice of the judicial district court, a justice of the peace or a warden of the town.

(Rev. Ords. 1989, § 10-1)