Delaware General Assembly

Signed 6/19/12

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

5/3/12

Schwartzkopf

Sen. Sokola, Bushweller
Reps. Barbieri, Bolden, Brady, Carson, Gilligan, Heffernan, Hudson, Jaques, J. Johnson, Q. Johnson, Keeley, Lavelle, Lee, Longhurst, Miro, Mitchell, Mulrooney, Ramone, Schooley, Walker, M. Smith, Scott, B. Short, Viola, D.E. Williams

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 23, 29 AND 30 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SHERIFFS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES.

This bill makes the Delaware law clear that the county sheriffs and their deputies do not have arrest authority. Historically the sheriffs and deputies have not exercised arrest authority and the Attorney General’s office has given an opinion that the sheriff’s “power to arrest is no greater than that shared by any citizen.”

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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