Under what circumstances can you perform a citizens arrest???

Question

Can i place anyone under citizens arrest???

please explain......

Answer 1

If the person is committing an arrestable crime and there is no Police officer in the area to do it.

Answer 2

You can make an arrest if:

    * You see someone committing an ‘indictable offence’

    * You are certain that someone has already committed an ‘indictable offence’

For the arrest to be completed you need to inform the person that they are under arrest and 'restrain' them – you don’t have to physically hold or restrain them but they must be 'under your control'. If you tell someone that they are under arrest and they run away then the arrest has not been completed.

As soon as you have made an arrest you must alert the police. Then you must either hand the arrested person over to a policeman in the street, or take them to a police station as soon as possible.

Answer 3

citzens arrests (UK) are made under the circumastance of a innocnet citizen being witness to an actual crime in progress or just having taken place and if there are no police actaully availabe at that moment - they can be made for any illegal activity you discover going on.

Interestingly due to an unrepealed law dating back to King James' time it is still illegal in the UK to work your normal job on Christmas day so if you see any policemen on the street on the 25th you could theoretically arrest them. or you might like to pop to the local police station and have an absolute field day and go round telling them all "you're nicked" !

Answer 4

If they are committing a crime.

But, you become liable for false arrest also.

The police must transport anyone place under citizens arrest.

Answer 5

no.

Answer 6

Why don't you look at Wikipedia for the legal definition.  Just prepare yourself - even cops have to face some pretty merciless consequences for their attempts to arrest suspected criminals.

Be prepared for the citizen's escape, the "citizen down" alert, citizen-killers, wrongful-death lawsuits against citizen-cops.  Pretty much take all that difficult stuff that cops have to deal with, then substitute "citizen" where you see "cop" and you'll get the idea.

There is no such thing as a citizen's arrest - that's just TV.

Answer 7

By way of explanation, 'indictable' means tried at the Crown court and the definition of arrestable offences was changed to mean such offences. It also includes 'triable either way' - that is at either magistrates or crown court, but not summary (tried at magistrates court only).

Answer 8

Only for an arrestable offence and only for as long as it would take to restrain with minimal force until a constable arrived.

Answer 9

You can arrest anyone who you believe has committed an arrestable offence or who you suspect of having committed an arrestable offence.

This falls under the 'any person' powers of arrest.

This does however differ from the powers of a constable, whether on or off duty or in or out of uniform.  A Police constable can arrest someone who is about to commit an arrestable offence or whom they suspect of having committed an arrestable offence.  The main difference here being the 'about to commit' element.

In simple terms any person can arrest anyone if they have done something that the person believes is a crime.  You can only use reasonable force to do so though and must always bear in mind your own personal safety.  Its not worth getting injured for.

Answer 10

The premises for a citizens arrest are simple, the methods in which you can put someone under arrest are the grey area.

"minimal force needed"?! What if a head lock or arm behind the back is deemed excessive?! Then your the criminal.  

Answer 11

its when someone does something that you can't waste time reporting, and you must take action then and there. for example if like someone stole a purse from someone walking and you went and tackled them, you would detain them yourself until the police came. it's basically like taking action rather than reporting it and hoping for the best. hope that helped!