Talk:Breach of the peace

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There is permission for non-officer arrests only in cases of "breach of the peace" misdemeanors. Which misdemeanors are those?

[edit] England and Wales

I'm not sure who wrote that in England and Wales Breach of the Peace has been superseded by the Public Order Act. As an English police officer, I can assure you that we arrest for Breach of the Peace every day. It's one of the commonest of all arrests, since it's often used in domestics or street fights to rapidly separate the parties. -- Necrothesp 17:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

The constitutional law bit belongs under parliamentary privilege/ Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 6: Compensation, privilege, restriction on holding civil office and is misleading here. The rest needs rewriting to reflect current English law, it is largely inaccurate at the moment. However, is there a U.S. dimension? Can citizens be arrested for disturbing the peace and is it the same thing?Cutler (talk) 13:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)