“No, we don’t. Walking yourself in means that you were not arrested.
To “arrest” someone, you have to take control of them. They have no choice. He showed up and was issued a notice to appear. It is not the same thing as an arrest at all. He was never under the control of the police.”
I’m a law enforcement officer. He had to be arrested in order to be booked for a crime. Yes he walked in. But legally that is considered an arrest and his record “should”(I don’t know Florida law) reflect that arrest. The term we use here is ‘walk in Arrest’
“I’m a law enforcement officer. He had to be arrested in order to be booked for a crime.”
In your state, when you are “booked”, is it SOP in every case to finger print and take a mug shot, and are all mug shots made public?
If so, how would you explain this, which I think is true beyond a doubt:
“Of course he wasn’t arrested, or you would see the booking photo 24/7 on every station in the country, and on the front page of every paper.”