Township of Lower Makefield, PA
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2024-01-17
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 194 Warrantless Arrests
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 9 Claims
- Ch 23 Manager
- Ch 27 Official Map
- Ch 31 Park and Recreation Board
- Ch 34 Pensions
- Ch 37 Planning Commission
- Ch 42 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 45 Social Security
- Ch 48 Trusts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 70 Alarms
- Ch 73 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 79 Animals
- Ch 84 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 84A Bamboo
- Ch 87 (Reserved)
- Ch 88 Building Construction, Green
- Ch 90 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 93 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 97 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 99 Contractors, Responsible
- Ch 101 (Reserved)
- Ch 104 (Reserved)
- Ch 109 Firearms
- Ch 110 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Ch 112 Fire Prevention
- Ch 113 Fireworks
- Ch 116 Grading and Excavating
- Ch 118 Graffiti
- Ch 121 Impact Fees
- Ch 124 Industrial Standards
- Ch 130 Lodging Facilities
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Moving Permits
- Ch 141 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 144 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 147 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 150 Plumbing
- Ch 152 Blighted and Vacant Properties
- Ch 153 Property Maintenance
- Ch 158 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 161 Real Property, Sale of
- Ch 163 Rights-Of-Way Management
- Ch 164 Sanitary Sewer Systems
- Ch 166 Sewers
- Ch 167 Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
- Ch 168 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 169 Smoking
- Ch 172 Solid Waste
- Ch 173 Stormwater Management — Delaware River South Watershed
- Ch 174 Stormwater Management — Neshaminy Creek Watershed
- Ch 175 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 178 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 182 Taxation
- Ch 185 Trees
- Ch 190 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 194 Warrantless Arrests
- § 194-1 Powers of police officers.
- § 194-2 Compliance with Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 71 required.
- Ch 196 Wreckers
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A205 Fees
- Ch A206 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Lower Makefield 6-17-1996
as Ord. No. 301. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In addition to the powers conferred upon municipal police officers by
Section 1905 of the Second Class Township Code[1] and by 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4924(3), police officers of Lower
Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, shall, upon view, have the
right of arrest without warrant upon probable cause when there is ongoing
conduct that imperils the personal security of any person or endangers public
or private property for the following offenses:
A.
Disorderly conduct (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5503).
B.
Public drunkenness (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5505).
C.
Obstructing highways (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 5507).
D.
Underage Drinking (18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6308).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 66905.
When a person has been arrested without a warrant for a summary offense,
police officers shall comply with the requirements of Pennsylvania Rule of
Criminal Procedure No. 71.
