Authority of arresting officer · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.22 Authority of arresting officer.
Every such police officer or other person empowered to make the arrest, shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused to command assistance therein, as police officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.
A person authorized to make the extradition arrest has the same power as a police officer executing criminal process to command help, and anyone who refuses that help faces the same legal penalties. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.