Ordinance 1433ORD.."EN 14Cr No. _/L/3 3
AN ORDIN?NCE or TIi" CITY OF Dl-iOi?DS, T`MSI INGTON
X,i;MING SECTION 5.12.145 OF THE ED : NDS CITY
CODE TO CON20R11 ARREST A14D CRI_"II11AL 'PPOCEEDIT GS
TO THE RULES PRESCRIBED BY TIME CRIMINAL RULES
FOR JUSTICE COURT AND TILE TRAFFIC RULES FOR
JUSTICE COURT AS PROI?ULGr'%TED BY THE SUPRLI-IE COURT
OF THIE STATE. OF r^7ASHI1:iGTON AND PROVIDING FOR
ARREST BY A POLICE OI'FICFR LAVING INrOR11ATION
TO SUPPORT A REASONABLE BELIEF TiiAT A PERSOIi
HAS COi- BITTED f4ISDE7,71EANORS IT;VOLVING PHYSICAL
HAR! i OR T. EATS OF I3AP1, TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY,
THE UNLK,-7FUL TAx ING OF PROPERTY OR THE USE OR
POSSE SSIM OF Cl NIIIBAS.
THE CITY COU1ICIL OF THE CITY OF EDI'ONDS, GJASHII GTO1,T
DO ORDAIN AS FOLL01,7S :
The Edmonds City Code, Section 5.12.145 is hereby amended
to read as follo,.-is :
"Section 5.12.145 Warrants, Arrest and Proceedings. The
Police Judge shall issue warrants for the arrest of any
person or persons accused in a written complaint of vio-
lating any of the provisions of the Edmonds City Code or
other City ordinances, provided, that police officers may
arrest without a warrant any ?erson violating any of the
provisions of said 'Ldmonds City Code or other ordinances
of the City of Edmonds in his or their presence. The pro-
ceedings for issuance of warrants, arrests and general
criminal proceedings shall be governed by the Criminal
Rules for Justice Court and the Traffic Rules for Justice
Court as promulgated and adopted by the Supreme Court of
the State of Washington.
"A. In addition to the powers of arrest provided
for herein above and the powers granted by the Legis-
lature of the State of 1Iashington governing the laws of
arrest, a police officer in the City of Edmonds having
information to support a reasonable belief that a person
has committed or is committing a misdemeanor or gross mis-
demeanor, involving physical Farm or threat of harm to any
person or property or the unlawful taking of property or
involving the use or possession of cannibal shall have the
authority to arrest said person as prescribed by Chapter
198, Extraordinary Session, Lziws of 1969. Nothing herein
shall extend or othenAse affect the powers of arrest
described by Chapter 46, the Revised Code of Tlashington."
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CITY CLEFT,
PILED "!ITH THE CITY CLEPU : July 1, 1969
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: July 15, 1969
PUIDLISEED: July 23, 1969