PM 15-93R Citizen’s Arrest Form:
Officers taking into custody a person arrested by a private citizen for a misdemeanor committed in that private person’s presence, shall have that private person fill out the Citizen's Arrest Form PM 15-93R.
A statement covering the facts of the offense shall be made on the arrest report by the officers.
If arrested by a store detective, they will usually prepare a statement for the officers to include with reports. Officers should collect those reports and turn them in with their reports.
The citizen’s arrest form will be scanned in to the media vault. Once it is verified by the officer that the scanned copy is an exact copy of the original, the original can be destroyed. The officer will document in their report that they verified the uploaded file.
Officers who have probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed, will accept the citizen's arrest request and inform the arrested party what s/he is being arrested for.
Officers will instruct the private person making the arrest that they may have to appear in court to testify.
Officers who turn down a citizen’s arrest will write a report detailing the circumstances and documenting the facts on which the decision to refuse the arrest was based. This information should be included in any report already required by the situation or as a general report under the CN prompting the call for service.
Revised November 30, 2018