The sheriff and his deputies are conservators of the peace, and to keep the same, to prevent crime, to arrest any person liable thereto, or to execute process of law, they may call any person to their aid; and, when necessary, the sheriff may summon the power of the county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1704
Assistants; power to summon
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Tingle (1991)
Most recently applied in 2 Neb. Ct. App. 360 - State v. Rodgers (December 1993)
Laws 1879, § 119, p. 385; R.S.1913, § 5656; C.S.1922, § 4983; C.S.1929, § 26-1404; R.S.1943, § 23-1704.
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