SHOULD SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ARRESTS WITHOUT WARRANTS? STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM MARSHALL THINKS SO…AND THAT’S WHY HE’S PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DO JUST THAT. THE HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK VOTED TO ADVANCE MARSHALL’S BILL WHICH WOULD GIVE SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS LIMITED LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS, ALLOWING THEM TO AID IN COMMUNITY PROTECTION. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK, MARSHALL SAYS HIS AIM IS NOT TO REPLACE- BUT RATHER ENHANCE- ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALREADY IN PLACE…

MARSHALL’S BILL ENSURES THAT SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS CAN ONLY MAKE SUCH ARRESTS WHILE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR COUNTY COURT-RELATED DUTIES….

MARSHALL SAYS HE BELIEVES THAT COUNTY SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER-UTILIZED…

MARSHALL WAS ASKED…WHY NOW?

MARSHALL BELIEVES THEY HAVE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT ON THIS BILL…

MARSHALL BELIEVES HIS BILL WILL GO THE FULL HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION…POSSIBLY AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK:

HOUSE BILL 466 NOW AWAITS CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES.