§ 3.101. Police arrests without warrants, authorized.  


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  • It shall be lawful for the chief of police or any special policeman lawfully appointed to arrest, without warrant, any and all persons violating the ordinances and laws of said state and city, in the city limits, and to confine such person or persons so arrested in the city prison, until a hearing can be had before the proper officer; said chief of police or policeman shall have power and authority to call to his assistance to arrest and detain such offenders any bystander, and such person when summoned shall be bound to aid and assist said officers; should such person fail to do so, he shall be liable to prosecution pursuant to section 9.101. The chief of police or policeman may call sheriffs and their deputies, constables, and other state or counties' officers for assistance, in the arrest, detention, investigation and conviction of offenders.

(1963 Ga. Laws, page 2030, § 46)