Police Jurisdiction in Satellite and Related Areas

Published for NC Criminal Law on November 03, 2014.

I’ve had several questions recently about the territorial jurisdiction of municipal police in areas outside city limits. This post sums up the law. General rule: city limits plus one mile. The general rule is that police officers have “all the powers invested in law-enforcement officers by statute or common law within one mile of the ... Read more

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