In California you can use citizens arrest in a situation like that if the offence is a misdemeanor. If it is a felony, the police don't have to see it to make the arrest. I'm surprised that buzzing a kayak is not a felony since it threatens great bodily harm. Steve Brown -----Original Message----- ......Of course, since the police hadn't witnessed the incident they couldn't do anything........ Jack Gilman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 16 2003 - 15:38:50 PDT
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