Sec. 34. When any person has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime or misdemeanor within a city, or has escaped from any city prison, the police officers of the city shall have the same right to pursue, arrest and detain such person without the city limits as the sheriff of the county.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.34
Police officers; powers
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 211 Mich. App. 375 - Payton v. City of Detroit (1995)
Most recently applied in 294 Mich. App. 419 - Petipren v. Jaskowski (October 2011)
1909, Act 279, Eff
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