Rhode Island § 12-7-19 § 12-7-19. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns.

Rhode Island Statutes

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

Rhode Island § 12-7-19

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-7Arrest

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-19 (2026).

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§ 12-7-19. Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns.
Any member of a duly organized municipal peace unit of another city or town of the
            state who enters any city or town in close pursuit and continues within any city or
            town in such close pursuit of a person in order to stop him or her for a suspected
            violation of any provision of the motor vehicle code committed in the other city or
            town, shall be vested with all of the same authority as a member of a duly organized
            municipal peace unit of the city or town.
         

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

Any member of a duly organized municipal peace unit of another city or town of the state who enters any city or town in close pursuit and continues within any city or town in such close pursuit of a person in order to stop him or her for a suspected violation of any provision of the motor vehicle code committed in the other city or town, shall be vested with all of the same authority as a member of a duly organized municipal peace unit of the city or town.