Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 11.019 – Employees as Peace Officers
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(a) The director may commission as peace officers any of the employees provided for in the general appropriations act.
(b) Law enforcement officers commissioned by the director have the same powers, privileges, and immunities as peace officers coextensive with the boundaries of this state.
Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 11.019
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Law enforcement officers commissioned by the director have the same authority as a sheriff to arrest, serve criminal or civil process, and require aid in serving criminal or civil process coextensive with the boundaries of this state.
(d) A law enforcement officer commissioned by the director may arrest without a warrant any person in this state found in the act of violating any law.