Sec. 22. When any person has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime or misdemeanor within a village, whether incorporated under the provisions of this act or under an existing charter of the village heretofore granted or passed by the legislature for the government of a village, or has escaped from any prison of such a village, the police officers of such village shall have the same right to pursue, arrest and detain such person without the village limits as the sheriff of the county.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.22
Police officers of village; powers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 95 Mich. App. 204 - People v. Rowe (1980)
Most recently applied in 95 Mich. App. 204 - People v. Rowe (February 1980)
1909, Act 278, Eff
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