Section 32:10-2 - Authority of bridge police; disposition of person arrested

NJ Rev Stat § 32:10-2 (2019) (N/A)

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32:10-2. Authority of bridge police; disposition of person arrested

All policemen appointed by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission when in uniform are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrest on view and without warrant on Sunday or any other day, for crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses of any character or for disorder, or breach of the peace or violations of any rules and regulations adopted by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, committed within the jurisdiction of this State on any bridge owned by or under the control of the said Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission or on the approaches thereto or on any other property owned by or under the control of such commission. In addition such policemen shall have all the powers conferred by law on police officers or constables in the enforcement of laws of this State and the apprehension of violators.

Any person so arrested shall be conducted by the officer to the nearest available alderman, justice of the peace or magistrate of the political subdivision in which the arrest is made or, if there is no such official available, to the nearest available alderman, justice of the peace or magistrate of any adjoining political subdivision.

Amended by L.1945, c. 198, p. 683, s. 1.

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