§ 140.10 Arrest without a warrant; by police officer; when and where\n authorized.\n 1. Subject to the provisions of subdivision two, a police officer may\narrest a person for:\n (a) Any offense when he or she has reasonable cause to believe that\nsuch person has committed such offense in his or her presence; and\n (b) A crime when he or she has reasonable cause to believe that such\nperson has committed such crime, whether in his or her presence or\notherwise.\n 2. A police officer may arrest a person for a petty offense, pursuant\nto subdivision one, only when:\n (a) Such offense was committed or believed by him or her to have been\ncommitted within the geographical area of such police officer's\nemployment or within one hundred yards of such geographical area; and\n (b) Such arrest is made in the county in which such offense was\ncommitted or believed to have been committed or in an adjoining county;\nexcept that the police officer may follow such person in continuous\nclose pursuit, commencing either in the county in which the offense was\nor is believed to have been committed or in an adjoining county, in and\nthrough any county of the state, and may arrest him or her in any county\nin which he or she apprehends him or her.\n 3. A police officer may arrest a person for a crime, pursuant to\nsubdivision one, whether or not such crime was committed within the\ngeographical area of such police officer's employment, and he or she may\nmake such arrest within the state, regardless of the situs of the\ncommission of the crime. In addition, he or she may, if necessary,\npursue such person outside the state and may arrest him or her in any\nstate the laws of which contain provisions equivalent to those of\nsection 140.55.\n 3-a. A police officer shall not arrest any person for any legally\nprotected health activity as defined in section 570.17 of this chapter.\n * 4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a police\nofficer shall arrest a person, and shall not attempt to reconcile the\nparties or mediate, where such officer has reasonable cause to believe\nthat:\n (a) a felony, other than subdivision three, four, nine or ten of\nsection 155.30 of the penal law, has been committed by such person\nagainst a member of the same family or household, as member of the same\nfamily or household is defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of\nthis chapter; or\n (b) a duly served order of protection or special order of conditions\nissued pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (o) of\nsubdivision one of section 330.20 of this chapter is in effect, or an\norder of which the respondent or defendant has actual knowledge because\nhe or she was present in court when such order was issued, where the\norder appears to have been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction\nof this or another state, territorial or tribal jurisdiction; and\n (i) Such order directs that the respondent or defendant stay away from\npersons on whose behalf the order of protection or special order of\nconditions has been issued and the respondent or defendant committed an\nact or acts in violation of such "stay away" provision of such order; or\n (ii) The respondent or defendant commits a family offense as defined\nin subdivision one of section eight hundred twelve of the family court\nact or subdivision one of section 530.11 of this chapter in violation of\nsuch order of protection or special order of conditions.\n The provisions of this subdivision shall apply only to orders of\nprotection issued pursuant to sections two hundred forty and two hundred\nfifty-two of the domestic relations law, articles four, five, six and\neight of the family court act and section 530.12 of this chapter,\nspecial orders of conditions issued pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii)\nof paragraph (o) of subdivision one of section 330.20 of this chapter\ninsofar as they involve a victim or victims of domestic violence as\ndefined by subdivis
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