Detención por parte de un particular en Oregón

Explicación Simple

Si ves a alguien cometer un crimen, tú puedes detenerlo si crees que realmente lo hizo. Después de detenerlo, debes llevarlo a la policía o a un juez lo más rápido posible.

Es como si estuvieras en un partido de fútbol y ves que un jugador hace trampa. Tienes el derecho de detenerlo y avisar al árbitro.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana está en una tienda y ve a un hombre robando un celular. Si Ana está segura de que el hombre está robando, puede detenerlo y llevarlo a la policía de inmediato para que se encarguen de la situación.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

ORS 133.225 Arrest by private person ORS 133.225 Arrest by private person Text Annotations   4 (1) A private person may arrest another person for any crime committed in the presence of the private person if the private person has probable cause to believe the arrested person committed the crime. A private person making such an arrest shall, without unnecessary delay, take the arrested person before a magistrate or deliver the arrested person to a peace officer. (2) In order to make the arrest a private person may use physical force as is justifiable under ORS 161.255 (Use of physical force by private person making citizen’s arrest) . [1973 c.836 §74] Source: Section 133.225 — Arrest by private person , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors133.­html (accessed May 26, 2025). See also annotations under ORS 133.350 in permanent edition. Notes of Decisions Evidence, in tort action for alleged reckless discharge of firearm, that store clerk activated burglar alarm after robbery, that defendant emerged from back room and was told by clerk that robber was fleeing, and that it appeared from circumstances that robber was escaping from parking lot, was sufficient to warrant finding that crime was committed in defendant’s presence within meaning of this section. Hatfield v. Gracen, 279 Or 303, 567 P2d 546 (1977) Where off-duty state trooper, acting as citizen,