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To: stalin
Unfortunately with a citizens arrest you can't even touch the person that you are supposedly arresting anymore.

Yes, you do but you must turn them over to the closest LEO.

673 posted on 12/07/2002 4:54:56 PM PST by B4Ranch
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To: B4Ranch
Maybe it depends on the State. When I was a security guard in CA we were taught that we could only make citizens arrests because private security guards have no power other than a regular citizen.
Then to my surprise we were taught that it is illegal for us to use any force accept to defend ourselves or others. We could not hold them until police arrived unless they were violent. We could only call the police and wait for them. Of Course we completely ignored that rule by always saying that they appeared to be violent.
677 posted on 12/07/2002 7:16:24 PM PST by stalin
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