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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:154-5

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
1. The following persons employed as full-time law enforcement officers by the Federal Government, who are empowered to effect an arrest with or without warrant for violations of the United States Code and who are authorized to carry firearms in the performance of their duties, shall be empowered to act as an officer for the arrest of offenders against the laws of this State where the person reasonably believes that a crime of the first, second or third degree is or is about to be committed or attempted in his presence:

Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents;

United States Secret Service special agents;

Immigration and Naturalization Service special agents, investigators and patrol officers;

United States Marshal Service deputies;

Drug Enforcement Administration special agents;

United States Postal inspectors;

United States Postal police officers while in the performance of

their official duties;

United States Customs Service special agents, inspectors and patrol officers;

United States General Services Administration special agents;

United States Department of Agriculture special agents;

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms special agents;

Internal Revenue Service special agents and inspectors;

Department of the Interior special agents, investigators, and park rangers;

Federal Reserve law enforcement officers while in the performance of their official duties; and

United States Department of Defense police officers.

L.1983, c.268, s.1; amended 1999, c.218; 2003, c.139; 2004, c.10; 2008, c.42, s.2.

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