NCJ Number
139524
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 40 Issue: 10 Dated: (October 1992) Pages: 131-137
Date Published
1992
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The experience of the police department in New York City's 75th Precinct shows the importance and potential effectiveness of cooperation among police agencies in small towns and big cities in a variety of law enforcement efforts.
Abstract
For municipal and city police officers, the power of arrest ends at the State line. They cannot go into another State and arrest a person wanted in connection with a crime in their home State. Instead, they must go to a police agency in that State and ask that a police officer from that State make the arrest based on the warrant they have. Police agencies can help each other in checking out information or leads in their local area, doing footwork, trading information, locating people and vehicles, verifying identification and addresses, obtaining prior arrest accounts of perpetrators, working together to develop possible suspects, holding suspects or prisoners, and picking up on hot pursuits. These and other types of cooperation have occurred between the 75th Precinct and the police agencies in several other States in connections with murder, assault, and other offenses. Detailed case examples and photographs