8-2111. Applicability of procedures in 8-2101 to 8-2110.
8-2111
8-2111. Applicability of procedures in 8-2101 to 8-2110.
The foregoing provisions of this article shall govern all police
officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of any
provisions of article 15, 16, 17, 18 or 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes
Annotated, and amendments thereto, but the procedure prescribed
herein shall not otherwise be exclusive of any other method prescribed by
law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense of like
grade. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a police officer
may arrest for a misdemeanor under K.S.A. 22-2401 on the basis that evidence
will be irretrievably lost or that the person may cause self-injury or injury
to others or damage to property.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2111; L. 1982, ch. 48, § 2; July 1.