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Whenever they observe an offense being committed in their presence, or when they have probable cause to believe that the individual they are arresting committed a felony, or certain specified misdemeanor, offenses.

In the case of misdemeanors, usually the misdemeanor MUST occur in the officers presence, EXCEPT for certain enumerated 'probable cause' misdemeanor offenses.

For the other misdemeanors, a citizen must either file a complaint, or the officer must issue a summons for a prosecutorial hearing, or obtain a warrant for the subject's arrest

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