City of Fairborn v. Munkus

The issue presented is whether police officers of a municipal corporation have the power to arrest, outside the limits of their municipality, but within the territorial jurisdictional limits of the Municipal Court, on warrants properly issued upon affidavits charging the violation, within a municipality, of a municipal ordinance.

The general common-law rule is that the power of a municipal police officer is limited to the boundaries of his municipality, and that he may not, even with a warrant, make an arrest outside his territory for a misdemeanor. 5 American Jurisprudence 2d 710. This rule,…