Legal Question in Criminal Law in Kansas

Arresting a police officer

This is set of questions that just happened to hit me one late night and I couldn't sleep, wondering about and was curious to know the answer to these three different (but related) hypothetical questions.

1. Can a private citizen arrest a police officer if said police officer is seen breaking the law? (And if so, what is necessary to be done.)

2. If, as a hypothetical situation, an entire police department was taking part in a criminal activity as a whole, how (and to who) would it be reported and/or how would one go about arresting them?

3. How would one detain a police officer that is to be arrested in a legal fashion?


Asked on 6/14/09, 5:42 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

Re: Arresting a police officer

The easy answer to your questions is to make a reprot to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. They handle investigation of police wrongdoing. If, however, you could report the bad activities of a single officer. Policemen often carry weapons and most of the time know how to use them. It is not adviseable for a citizen to attempt an arrest of an armed and dangerous suspect.

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Answered on 6/14/09, 10:53 pm


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