Tom Swift Sr. replied to Ann's question:
>> If this is true, why didn't folks just call the local police.
> As I said previously, this is Boston. A police car *might* have
> shown up in a 1/2 hour or likely longer. This would not have
> been a high priority concern for them.
If you had said, "I have a gun and I'm going to make a citizen's
arrest," their priority would have moved up a few notches. <VBG>
Do residents of Massachusetts have the power of citizens' arrest?
Here, an arrest for a misdemeanor must be witnessed by the person
making the arrest (two exceptions are DUI and spousal abuse), and
often it is a civilian who is the only witness.
.... I did not! Or did! Depending if I was supposed to or not.
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