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O.C.G.A. § 36-8-5: Powers of county police generally.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 36 Local Government
- Provisions Applicable to Counties Only
- CHAPTER 8 County Police
Under the direction and control of the county governing authority, the county police shall have:
(1) The same power to make arrests and to execute and return criminal warrants and processes in the county of their election or appointment only, as sheriffs have; and
(2) All the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in the county of their election or appointment.
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