Si alguien que está siendo detenido por la policía se escapa, los oficiales pueden perseguirlo y arrestarlo casi en cualquier lugar. Si lo atrapan cerca de donde escapó, pueden llevarlo de vuelta rápidamente.
Es como cuando un maestro ve a un estudiante salir corriendo del aula; puede salir tras él y detenerlo antes de que llegue a la puerta de la escuela.
Imagina que Juan, un sospechoso de robo, intenta huir de la policía en Richmond. Un oficial lo ve y comienza a perseguirlo. Si Juan corre hacia un condado vecino, el oficial puede seguirlo y arrestarlo allí para llevarlo de regreso a Richmond.
Va. Code § 19.2-77 - Escape, flight and pursuit; arrest anywhere in Commonwealth. Whenever a person in the custody of an officer shall escape or whenever a person shall flee from an officer attempting to arrest him, such officer, with or without a warrant, may pursue such person anywhere in the Commonwealth and, when actually in close pursuit, may arrest him wherever he is found. If the arrest is made in a county or city adjoining that from which the accused fled, or in any area of the Commonwealth within one mile of the boundary of the county or city from which he fled, the officer may forthwith return the accused before the proper official of the county or city from which he fled. If the arrest is made beyond the foregoing limits, the officer shall proceed according to the provisions of § 19.2-76 , and if such arrest is made without a warrant, the officer shall procure a warrant from the magistrate serving the county or city wherein the arrest was made, charging the accused with the offense committed in the county or city from which he fled and any offense committed during the close pursuit in the county or city where such offense was committed. Code 1950, § 19.1-94; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495; 1992, c. 881; 2008, cc. 551 , 691 ; 2022, c. 326 . Va. Code § 19.2-78 - Uniform of officer making arrest. All officers whose duties are to make arrests acting under the authority of any law of this Commonwealth or any subdivision thereof, who shall make any arrest, search or seizure on any public road or highway of this Commonwealth shall be dressed at the time of making any such arrest, search or seizure in such uniform as he may customarily wear in the performance of his duties which will clearly show him to casual observation to be an officer. Nothing in this section shal
La policía puede arrestarte en cualquier lugar si estás huyendo, pero deben seguir ciertos procedimientos si están más lejos de donde escapaste.
No es obligatorio que los oficiales estén en uniforme para hacer un arresto, pero deben identificarse claramente como policías.
Si un oficial arresta a alguien sin una orden, debe obtenerla después del arresto para formalizar los cargos.
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