Statutes of the State of Rhode Island Relating to the City of Providence 432 (1875)
Abstract
Ch. 5, § 105: He may also arrest without a warrant any person reasonably suspected of having committed a felony, or seen committing a breach of the peace, or being unduly armed with a dangerous weapon, and also night-walkers.
Summary
Police officers may arrest without a warrant anyone reasonably suspected of a felony, breach of the peace, carrying a dangerous weapon unlawfully, or being a “night-walker.” They may also stop and question people found out at night after 11 p.m. if they have reason to suspect unlawful activity.
Law Text
105. He shall serve all warrants of arrest promptly, and shall deliver the person arrested over to the officer in charge of the station, and make proper return thereof on his warrant. He may also arrest without a warrant any person reasonably suspected of having committed a felony, or seen committing a breach of the peace, or being unduly armed with a dangerous weapon, and also night-walkers. He may also examine any person whom he shall see walking abroad in the night after eleven o'clock, and whom he shall have reason to suspect of any unlawful design, and may demand of him his business abroad at such time, and whither he is going.
Description
Categories
CARRY - DANGEROUS PERSONS