Text of article effective on January 01, 2025
Art. 2A.051.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS.  Each peace officer shall:
(1)  preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction using all lawful means;
(2)  in every case authorized by this code, interfere without a warrant to prevent or suppress crime;
(3)  execute all lawful process issued to the officer by a magistrate or court;
(4)  give notice to an appropriate magistrate of all offenses committed in the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law;
(5)  when authorized by law, arrest an offender without a warrant so the offender may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried;
(6)  take possession of a child under Article 63.009(g); and
(7)  on a request made by the Texas Civil Commitment Office, execute an emergency detention order issued by that office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.