2005 West Virginia Code - §15-1E-8. — Apprehension.

PART II. APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT.

§15-1E-8. Apprehension.

(a) Apprehension is the taking of a person subject to this article into custody.
(b) Any person authorized by this article, or by regulations issued under it, may apprehend persons subject to this article upon reasonable belief that an offense under this article has been committed and that the person apprehended committed it.
(c) Officers, petty officers and noncommissioned officers have authority to quell quarrels, frays and disorders among persons subject to this article and to apprehend persons subject to this article who take part therein.