Whenever the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who by their command act in their aid, are justified in so doing.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)
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Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 193 — CRIMINALITY GENERALLY
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Whenever the officers of justice are authorized to act in the prevention of public offenses, other persons, who by their command act in their aid, are justified in so doing.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1469)