Timeline for What are your legal responsibilities after the police have been called?
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| Aug 10, 2018 at 4:40 | comment | added | DJohnM | Were you referring to the David Chen case? lawnow.org/whatever-happened-david-chen-citizen-arrests | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 20:44 | comment | added | Sh4d0wsPlyr | Thanks for the link - in my situation a citizens arrest was never mentioned, though that may have been what they were thinking. It seems you might be right from my further reading - unless "detained" you are not required to stick around. | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 20:23 | comment | added | Ella | @JeffLambert Based on the link I provided, it says that police must be called as soon as possible, because if not it may be ruled as illegal and the accuser can face civil or criminal consequences. Also, the accuser must have reasonable belief that the individual did commit the crime in order to place citizen’s arrest. The accuser is also held responsible for any excess force used. | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 20:14 | comment | added | Jeff Lambert | Could a citizens arrest be construed as kidnapping or assault and press charges when the police do show up if in fact they were wrong, as is the case for the OP? | |
| Aug 9, 2018 at 19:34 | history | answered | Ella | CC BY-SA 4.0 |