![]() “In my experience, you would see both the citizen making the arrest and the person arrested both detained and the citizen would be compelled to give a statement with regard to what he or she saw.” “What’s taught to police recruits is, ‘Detain both, ascertain the facts, proceed,'” he says. ![]() Thomas Aveni, the executive director of the Police Policy Studies Council, outlines what comes next: Once a citizen makes an arrest and contacts qualified law enforcement, those law enforcement officers immediately assume authority. “You would need to know: How are (the arresters) claiming that they had immediate knowledge of a felony being committed? Did they see something, hear something?” For instance, does “immediate knowledge” mean someone has to see a crime being committed? Moore says if he were trying a case in Georgia, he would want to know details of what led to the arrest. “There’s a lot of nuance, and these cases are very facts-specific,” Moore says.
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