Statute · New York Defense Emergency Act 1951
N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 106 — Powers of members of municipal and volunteer agencies to detain for misdemeanors or infractions
N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 106
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Defense Emergency Act 1951
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 106. Powers of members of municipal and volunteer agencies to detain for misdemeanors or infractions. Any person who is a member of a municipal or volunteer agency, in the course of his duty as such and while wearing or displaying a distinguishing brassard or other insignia indicative of…
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N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 § 106 — Powers of members of municipal and volunteer agencies to detain for misdemeanors or infractions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 106. Powers of members of municipal and volunteer agencies to detain for misdemeanors or infractions. Any person who is a member of a municipal or volunteer agency, in the course of his duty as such and while wearing or displaying a distinguishing brassard or other insignia indicative of authority, may stop and detain any person on account of a misdemeanor or infraction committed by such person in the presence of such member, and may forthwith turn him over to a peace officer who may arrest him without a warrant on the charge of committing the violation constituting the misdemeanor or infraction.