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Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 6706. Arresting power

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

If any person unreasonably refuses to obey the orders of a fire police officer in the exercise of the fire police officer's duties, such person may be held under arrest by the fire police officer until the fire at which the fire police officer is called upon to act is extinguished or the fire drill completed at which time the fire police shall take the arrested person before a justice of the peace and charge the arrested person with failure to obey the order of a fire police officer.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 16. Health and Safety § 6706. Arresting power - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-16-health-and-safety/de-code-sect-16-6706/

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