Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 2A.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 2A.051. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Official statutory text
Each peace officer shall:
(1) preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction using all lawful means;
(2) in every case authorized by this code, interfere without a warrant to prevent or suppress crime;
(3) execute all lawful process issued to the officer by a magistrate or court;
(4) give notice to an appropriate magistrate of all offenses committed in the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law;
(5) when authorized by law, arrest an offender without a warrant so the offender may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried;
(6) take possession of a child under Article 63.00905(g); and
(7) on a request made by the Texas Civil Commitment Office, execute an emergency detention order issued by that office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.
(1) preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction using all lawful means;
(2) in every case authorized by this code, interfere without a warrant to prevent or suppress crime;
(3) execute all lawful process issued to the officer by a magistrate or court;
(4) give notice to an appropriate magistrate of all offenses committed in the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law;
(5) when authorized by law, arrest an offender without a warrant so the offender may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried;
(6) take possession of a child under Article 63.00905(g); and
(7) on a request made by the Texas Civil Commitment Office, execute an emergency detention order issued by that office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.
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