Section 36-8-5. Powers of county police generally

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   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.

Ga. L. 1909, p. 156, § 3; Civil Code 1910, § 851; Ga. L. 1914, p. 142, § 3; Code 1933, § 23-1403; Ga. L. 1961, p. 217, § 1.

                    
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