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      22-2401.   Arrest by law enforcement officer. A law enforcement officer may arrest a person under any of the following circumstances:

      (a)   The officer has a warrant commanding that the person be arrested.

      (b)   The officer has probable cause to believe that a warrant for the person's arrest has been issued in this state or in another jurisdiction for a felony committed therein.

      (c)   The officer has probable cause to believe that the person is committing or has committed:

      (1)   A felony; or

      (2)   a misdemeanor, and the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that:

      (A)   The person will not be apprehended or evidence of the crime will be irretrievably lost unless the person is immediately arrested;

      (B)   the person may cause injury to self or others or damage to property unless immediately arrested; or

      (C)   the person has intentionally inflicted bodily harm to another person.

      (d)   Any crime, except a traffic infraction or a cigarette or tobacco infraction, has been or is being committed by the person in the officer's view.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-2401; L. 1984, ch. 127, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 37; L. 1996, ch. 214, § 29; July 1.