Section 120.60. Warrant of arrest; what police officers may execute  


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  • 1.    A warrant of arrest may be executed by (a) any police officer to
      whom it is addressed, or (b)  any  other  police  officer  delegated  to
      execute it under circumstances prescribed in subdivisions two and three.
        2.    A  police  officer  to whom a warrant of arrest is addressed may
      delegate another officer to whom it is not  addressed  to  execute  such
      warrant as his agent when:
        (a)    He  has  reasonable cause to believe that the defendant is in a
      particular county other than the one in which the warrant is returnable;
      and
        (b)  The warrant is, pursuant to section 120.70,  executable  in  such
      other county without endorsement by a local criminal court thereof; and
        (c)    The  geographical  area  of  employment of the delegated police
      officer embraces the locality where the arrest is to be made.
        3.   Under circumstances specified  in  subdivision  two,  the  police
      officer  to  whom  the  warrant  is  addressed  may inform the delegated
      officer, by telecommunication, mail or any other means, of the  issuance
      of  the  warrant,  of  the  offense charged in the underlying accusatory
      instrument and of all other pertinent details, and may  request  him  to
      act  as  his  agent in arresting the defendant pursuant to such warrant.
      Upon such request, the delegated police officer is to the same extent as
      the delegating officer, authorized to make such arrest pursuant  to  the
      warrant  within  the  geographical  area  of  such  delegated  officer's
      employment.   Upon so  arresting  the  defendant,  he  must  proceed  as
      provided in subdivisions two and four of section 120.90.