Can a police officer manufacture reasonable grounds for arrest within a police department?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ford, 150 Cal.App.3d 687, 198 Cal.Rptr. 80 (Cal. App. 1984):
Police officers may not manufacture reasonable grounds for arrest within a police department. (People v. Harvey (1958) 156 Cal.App.2d 516, 523, 319 P.2d 689; and see People v. Madden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 1017, 88 Cal.Rptr. 171, 471 P.2d 971.)
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