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O.C.G.A. § 17-4-22 — Authority of peace officers to make arrests not to be denied because of race, creed, or national origin of peace officers or persons arrested | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 17-4-22 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 17 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Section 4. Arrest of Persons, 17-4-1 through 17-4-62.

ARTICLE 2 ARREST BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GENERALLY

17-4-22. Authority of peace officers to make arrests not to be denied because of race, creed, or national origin of peace officers or persons arrested.

No peace officer of this state or of any political subdivision thereof shall be denied the authority to arrest any person because of the race, creed, or national origin of the peace officer nor because of the race, creed, or national origin of the person who is being arrested.

(Ga. L. 1969, p. 732, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 16B Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, § 922 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 6A C.J.S., Arrest, §§ 6 et seq., 15.

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