16-3-101. Arrest - when and how made.

Statute text

(1) An arrest may be made on any day and at any time of the day or night.

(2) All necessary and reasonable force may be used in making an arrest.

(3) All necessary and reasonable force may be used to effect an entry upon any building or property or part thereof to make an authorized arrest.

History

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 197, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 39-3-101.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

Persons and evidence may be protected. Police officers can, when in hot pursuit and when confronted with exigent circumstances, act to protect themselves and to prevent the destruction of evidence or injury to another. People v. Vaughns, 175 Colo. 369, 489 P.2d 591 (1971) (decided prior to enactment of 39-3-101, C.R.S. 1963, the earliest source of 16-3-101).