Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3758

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 3758. Powers

Railroad police commissioned pursuant to this subchapter shall have the authority to act as police in and upon the premises and equipment owned, managed, or used by a railroad, and in all cases in which the rights of the employing or another railroad are involved, to exercise within this State all the powers of a law enforcement officer, including the powers of arrest and the carrying of firearms. (Added 1981, No. 104, § 1.)