{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 36-8-5","heading":"Powers of county police generally.","body":"Under the direction and control of the county governing authority, the county police shall have:\n(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\n(2) All the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in the county of their election or appointment.","path":["TITLE 36 Local Government","Provisions Applicable to Counties Only","CHAPTER 8 County Police"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.36.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"0c6fc46170d4eda9e2145e1b1bebae3407685776448766598706569d29a878e1","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-36-8-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}