Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Authority Disputes

Does a probation officer (or elmo -Electronic Monitoring) have the authority to issue a arrest warrant.? I am under the impression that a warrant MUST be signed by a magistrate of the court, and that a probation office has to ''request'' a warrant to be a valid warrant otherwise this skips the order of ''due process''..


Asked on 3/27/09, 4:00 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
henry lebensbaum Law Offices of Henry Lebensbaum (978-749-3606)

Re: Authority Disputes

I think you asked this before. The probation officer can detain you.

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Answered on 3/28/09, 10:58 am


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