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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Craven, McEntee, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: April 13, 2016

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 12-7-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled "Arrest" is

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hereby amended to read as follows:

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     12-7-19. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns Stop after close

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pursuit by officers from cities or towns. -- Any member of a duly organized municipal peace

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unit of another city or town of the state who enters any city or town in close pursuit and continues

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within any city or town in such close pursuit of a person in order to arrest stop him or her on the

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ground that he or she has violated the motor vehicle code in the other city or town shall have the

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same authority to arrest and hold in custody the person as members of a duly organized municipal

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peace unit of any city or town have to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he or

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she has violated the motor vehicle code in any city or town for a suspected violation of any

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provision of the motor vehicle code committed in the other city or town, shall be vested with all

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of the same authority as a member of a duly organized municipal peace unit of the city or town

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within which the stop occurs.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST

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     This act would amend the authority powers of a city or town peace unit that is acting in

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close pursuit of a suspect and would also amend the purpose of the pursuit from "arrest" to "stop".

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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