A. A detention officer who is acting in the officer’s official capacity pursuant to an existing warrant may arrest a person who is any of the following:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3907

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105

1. Already incarcerated in a jail facility or who surrenders to a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed.

2. At a hospital facility to which the detention officer is assigned, and the person to be arrested is under law enforcement supervision or custody while in the hospital facility.

3. At a superior, justice or municipal court facility to which the detention officer is assigned.

4. Within a jail facility as a visitor and the person is found to have an outstanding warrant.

B. A detention officer who is acting in the detention officer’s official capacity may take custody of a person whom a judicial officer remands into custody during a court proceeding.

C. For the purposes of this section, "detention officer" means a person other than an elected official who is employed by a county, city or town and who is responsible for the supervision, protection, care, custody or control of inmates in a county or municipal correctional institution. Detention officer does not include counselors or secretarial, clerical or professionally trained personnel.