Powers of arrest.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 42-19
in effectSec. 42-19. - Powers of arrest.
(a) Members of the classified service of the police department shall have power to arrest all persons found in the act of committing a criminal violation of any law or ordinance or aiding or abetting in any such criminal violation and shall arrest any person found under circumstances which would warrant a reasonable person in believing that such person had committed or is about to commit a crime.
(b) Members of the classified service of the police department shall have the power to stop all persons believed to be committing any act declared to be a noncriminal infraction by this Code, to detain such persons as reasonably necessary to obtain proper identification, vehicle registration or proof of insurance and to determine whether a noncriminal infraction or other violation has occurred and to issue and serve or tender service of a summons and complaint or a penalty assessment notice to such persons.
(Code 1950, § 211.1-2; Ord. No. 756-89, § 15, 12-18-89)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH42PO_ARTIIPODE_DIV1GE_S42-19POARFetched: 10/27/2026