Have you ever made a citizen's arrest?

[Muzzer79]

One always imagines citizens' arrests to be made by the Dot Cottons' of this world - busy-bodies attempting to detain people who are committing minor offences, etc.

However, I have never actually seen someone make a citizen's arrest, especially not whilst proclaiming loudly

"I'm making a citizen's arrest!"



Has anyone ever seriously made one or even witnessed one?

[Jasandjules]

No.

You also need to be careful as (IIRC) the offence must be indictable before you can make a citizen's arrest.

What I have seen is a "gent" at Fenchurch St assist two female officers arrest a bloke by punching him in the face, and as he hit the floor the two officers pinned and cuffed him. They said thanks...

[Rick101]

I sat on someone till the rozzers arrived once.

Kept protesting his innocence until police made him empty his pockets and found a wallet that wasn't his.

[Snowboy]

When I was a kid working in a coop we'd regularly detain shoplifters.
We weren't especially gentle about it either.

Nobody ever used the words 'citizens arrest' but I guess it's roughly the same sort of thing.

[Ki3r]

Never done it and never seen it done. Heard it done though.

Auntie works in a bank, some bloke came in to rob it, customers took him to the floor an one rather large chap sat on him until the police turned up.

[RobbyJ]

Rick101 said:

I sat on someone till the rozzers arrived once.

Kept protesting his innocence until police made him empty his pockets and found a wallet that wasn't his.

I did this once too, it was fun! The guy accidentally started bleeding somewhere along the way too.........

[Saleen836]

Yep, drunk driver outside Saleen Towers! he smashed into a parked cars damaging 5 in total, he got out locked his freelander up and ran off up the road, a couple of neighbours gave chase on foot but I jumped in my car and caught up just in time to see him run down an alleyway, parked the van and followed him down then found him crouched down by the side of a car, he tried to run off but my foot in his back put a stop to that and a knee on his back pinned down while I called the police.

[anonymous-user]

Ki3r said:

customers took him to the floor an one rather large chap sat on him until the police turned up.

Did he offer the robber food and water whilst he waited or take precautions against DVT

[jesta1865]

Ki3r said:

Never done it and never seen it done. Heard it done though.

Auntie works in a bank, some bloke came in to rob it, customers took him to the floor an one rather large chap sat on him until the police turned up.

not quite the same, i had a mate who worked in branch banking, kings cross natwest. they had a new asst manager no-one liked so when the weekly saw off was shoved their way, they cheered the new asst mgr as he raced off after the gunmen, they had their fingers crossed he might get shot (i know i shouldn't laugh, but i can remember him telling me the story)

[Foppo]

Not so much a citizen arrest, stopped two people thumping a shop assistant in a supermarket.They where nicking stuff held one for security to sort it out.

Spare of the moment thing my missus told me to.>

[anonymous-user]

Detained loads of people for the BiB to cart away when working the door, unsure if that was a Citizens Arrest or not and certainly didn't use those words

[XCP]

Post retirement I was working in the Crown Court. Jumped on and sat on a bloke who started smashing up the court with a chair from the public gallery.
The Judge thanked me. Barristers kept well out of the way.

[Zoobeef]

The Mrs is a st magnet and people are always robbing places or stealing things around her. As she's a copper its not technically a citizens arrest but its funny to see.

[grumpy52]

I worked in Tottenham Crt Rd on security in a group of shops and office block , we had a very active group of store detectives who regularly caught up to 5 shoplifters per week who we had to detain until the police arrived , we also detained a drunk driver at 3 am one morning who crashed into the railings outside our office block .

[Slobberchops]

Detained a thief until police arrived. Joined police as a Special Constable shortly afterwards, still doing it 10 years later. Had quite a few lock ups since then.

[grumpy52]

I worked in Tottenham Crt Rd on security in a group of shops and office block , we had a very active group of store detectives who regularly caught up to 5 shoplifters per week who we had to detain until the police arrived , we also detained a drunk driver at 3 am one morning who crashed into the railings outside our office block .

[Paul Dishman]

Detained a female who brought in a stolen prescription one Christmas Eve. I walked past her and locked the door of the pharmacy and said "This prescription's stolen and I'm making a citizen's arrest" dialled 999 and waited about 10 minutes for the police to arrive.

I had a nervous 10 minutes wondering if I'd unlawfully detained an innocent person, who was proclaiming her innocence rather loudly, but she admitted it when the constable confronted her with the prescription

[jbsportstech]

Bit of a knightmare have done it once when someone was glassed but unless it's very serious you have to very careful as you removing someone's liberties.

[thetrash]

An ex girlfriend and her mate dropped a drunk man who punched his girlfriend in a kebab shop. Kept him in locks until the police arrived and then moved the locks so they could get the handcuffs on.

[rambo19]

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Same here.