1998 Minnesota Statutes

     299F.05 Law enforcement powers; information system. 

    Subdivision 1.    Investigation, arrest, and prosecution.  
  The state fire marshal , on determining that reasonable 
 grounds exist to believe that a violation of sections 609.561 to 
 609.576 has occurred, or reasonable grounds to believe that some 
 other crime has occurred in connection with a fire investigated 
 pursuant to section 299F.04, shall so inform the superintendent 
 of the bureau of criminal apprehension. The superintendent shall 
 cooperate with the fire marshal and local officials in further 
 investigating the reported incident in a manner which may 
 include supervising and directing the subsequent criminal 
 investigation, and taking the testimony on oath of all persons 
 supposed to be cognizant of any facts relating to the matter 
 under investigation.  If the superintendent believes that there 
 is evidence sufficient to charge any person with a violation of 
 sections 609.561 to 609.576, or of any other crime in connection 
 with an investigated fire, the superintendent shall arrest or 
 cause the person to be arrested and charged with the offense and 
 furnish to the proper prosecuting attorney all relevant 
 evidence, together with the copy of all names of witnesses and 
 all the information obtained by the superintendent or the state 
 fire marshal, including a copy of all pertinent and material 
 testimony taken in the case. 

    Subd. 2.    Information system.  The state fire marshal 
 and the superintendent of the bureau of criminal apprehension 
 shall maintain a record of arrests, charges filed, and final 
 disposition of all fires reported and investigated under 
 sections 299F.04 and 299F.05.  For this purpose a single 
 reporting system shall be implemented by the department of 
 public safety utilizing the systems operated by the fire marshal 
 and the bureau.  The system shall be operated in such a way as 
 to minimize duplication and discrepancies in reported figures. 

    HIST: (5956) 1913 c 564 s 7; 1978 c 777 s 4; 1986 c 444