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725 ILCS 5/107-16 (2026)

Apprehension of offender

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(725 ILCS 5/107-16)
    Sec. 107-16. Apprehension of offender. It is the duty of every sheriff, coroner, and every marshal, policeman, or other officer of an incorporated city, town, or village, having the power of a sheriff, when a criminal offense or breach of the peace is committed or attempted in his or her presence, forthwith to apprehend the offender and bring him or her before a judge, to be dealt with according to law; to suppress all riots and unlawful assemblies, and to keep the peace, and without delay to serve and execute all warrants and other process to him or her lawfully directed.
(Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)


 
    (725 ILCS 5/Art. 107A heading)
ARTICLE 107A. LINEUP AND PHOTO SPREAD PROCEDURE
(Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: Devoney v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 746 N.E.2d 836 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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Devoney v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund, 746 N.E.2d 836 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 3× “" 725 ILCS 5/107-16 (West 1998). That section defines the duty of every police officer in connection with his service as a policeman.”
Garner v. City of Chicago (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 3× “725 ILCS 5/107-16 (West 1998). Based upon the allegations contained in the amended complaint and the language of the statute, the Garners argue that it is the Board's function to determine whether an officer is fatally injured while in the performance of his duty.”
Devoney v. Ret. Bd. of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund Opinion text corrected (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “725 ILCS 5/107-16 (West 1998). Devoney's choice to criminally conspire with Ballog and Raimondi and to allow them to engage in criminal activity without reporting or arresting them triggers application of section 5-227 and provides a factual basis for the Board's conclusion that…”
People v. Wooters, 722 N.E.2d 1102 (Ill. 1999). “The State further argues that the amendments to the civil procedure code are related to "law enforcement" because sheriffs must serve and enforce eviction notices (citing 725 ILCS 5/107-16 (West 1996); 735 ILCS 5/2-202, 15-1107, 15-1502(c)(2) (West 1996)) in potentially violent…”
Covarrubias v. Bd. of Review of the Illinois Dept. of Emp. Sec., 2023 IL App (1st) 220553-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “¶ 42 Even assuming a mandatory rule existed, the majority’s determination that said rule is reasonable is not supported by section 107-16 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (725 ILCS 5/107-16 (West 2018)). That statute states that it is the duty of every officer, “when a criminal…”
People v. DuPree (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “the prosecutor was aware on the date that the warrant was issued that he was in custody in Saline County, and that under section 107-9(f) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/107-9(f) (West 2002)), the warrant could have been faxed to that county's jail on the…”
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