Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:
(1) By requiring security to keep the peace.
(2) By forming a police in cities and towns, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places.
(3) By suppressing riots.
Idaho Code § 19-204
Prevention of offenses by officers of justice
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