[Frenchy]

Originally Posted by exceltoexcel

LOL a judge cannot arrest you only order your arrest, a cop has to perform the arrest itself, but I understand what you're saying. He can sort of arrest you. Perhaps there is some nuance I'm missing, if so please post it, would love to read how we have no seperation of powers

The judge has the power to order your arrest; he is a justice of the peace, unless pronounced otherwise, therefore a peace officer.

The fact that a marshal or bailiff does the actual taking away does not mean he is not a law officer, a judge works for/within the department of Justice. The fact he does not qualify with a firearm as some one stated in the thread is not relevant as his primary duties are not the same as a police officer.

P.S. when it comes to arrest you should also know there are arrest levels all the way down to your powers to arrest some one. This is called the Citizens arrest. http://www.constitution.org/grossack/arrest.htm

When I was much younger, and in Florida, the schools actually had classes on a “citizens” duty, and in that order of words, "citizen" does not necessarily mean US citizen but any person who happens by at the moment of a crime. In Quebec the same law applies and is called “Bon Pere de Famille” good father law or good Samaritan law. Too bad these laws no longer seem to live anywhere.