2002 Minnesota Statutes

     626.77 Peace officers from adjoining states; federal law 
  enforcement officers. 

    Subdivision 1.    Arrest authority.  A peace officer of 
 a state adjoining Minnesota and a federal law enforcement 
 officer have the same authority to arrest and hold an individual 
 in custody as has any peace officer of this state if all of the 
 following circumstances are present: 

    (1) the officer is on duty and is acting on a request for 
 assistance by a peace officer of this state; 

    (2) while in this state, the officer acts under the 
 direction of the peace officer to whom the officer is rendering 
 assistance; 

    (3) while in this state, the officer acts in accordance 
 with the rules and regulations of the officer's own appointive 
 or elective authority; and 

    (4) upon effecting an arrest, the officer surrenders 
 custody of the arrested individual to a peace officer of this 
 state without unnecessary delay. 

    Subd. 2.    Tort liability; indemnification.  A peace 
 officer from an adjoining state or a federal law enforcement 
 officer who responds to a request for assistance and who acts in 
 accordance with subdivision 1 is serving in the regular line of 
 duty as fully as though the service was within the officer's 
 jurisdiction.  For the purposes of section 3.736 and chapter 
 466, the officer is deemed to be an employee of the elective or 
 appointive agency of the peace officer requesting assistance. 

    Subd. 3.    Definition.  As used in this section, 
 "federal law enforcement officer" means an officer or employee 
 whether employed inside or outside the state of the Federal 
 Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
 the United States Marshal Service, the Secret Service, the 
 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, or the Immigration and 
 Naturalization Service, who is responsible for the prevention or 
 detection of crimes or for the enforcement of the United States 
 Code and who is authorized to arrest, with or without a warrant, 
 any individual for a violation of the United States Code. 

    HIST: 1994 c 441 s 1; 2001 c 16 s 1