Originally, powers of arrest were confined to sheriffs in England for a local area. Over the past few hundred years, the legal power of arrest has gradually expanded to include a large number of people/officials, the majority of which have come to the fore more recently. These various individuals all may utilise similar or different powers of arrest, but generally adhere to one particular field.

The individuals below have been listed in order of when the power of arrest became available to the individual, starting from the earliest.

England & Wales

The following persons all have various powers of arrest within England & Wales in various capacities provided by the below legislation:

Police Constables

• s41 of the Terrorism Act 2000
  Terrorism Act 2000
  The Terrorism Act 2000 is the first of a number of general Terrorism Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It superseded and repealed the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989 and the Northern Ireland Act 1996...
  
  
  
• s24 Police Criminal Evidence Act 1984
  
• Common law
  Common law
  Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
  
  
  

Members of public (any person arrest)

• s24A Police Criminal Evidence Act 1984
  
• Common law
  Common law
  Common law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
  
  

Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons

Officer or agent Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

Military Police

Military police

Military police are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to:...

• s74 Army Act 1955
  
• s75K Army Act 1955
  

Royal Air Force Police

Royal Air Force Police

The Royal Air Force Police is the Service Police branch of the Royal Air Force. It was formed on 1 April 1918, when the RAF was formed by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service . It is responsible for the policing of all service personnel much like there RN or Army...

Royal Navy Police

Prison officer

Prison officer

A prison officer , also referred to as a corrections officer , correctional officer , or detention officer , is a person charged with the responsibility of the supervision, safety and security of prisoners in a prison, jail, or similar form of secure...

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Court bailiff

Court officer

Sheriff

Sheriff

A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....

 (Sheriffs Act 1887

Sheriffs Act 1887

The Sheriffs Act 1887 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out the appointments and qualifications of Sheriffs in England and Wales.The Act gives sheriffs the right to arrest those resisting a warrant ....

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Epping Forest Keepers

Epping Forest Keepers

The Epping Forest Keepers are an ancient and historical body of people who are employed by the City of London, who in return are responsible, as the Conservators, for the management and care of Epping Forest, which covers approximately ten square miles of forest, bridleway, woodland and...

 (park rangers)

Customs & Excise officer

Immigration officer

Immigration Officer

The role of Immigration officers are to ensure that immigration legislation is enforced. This can cover the rules of entry for Visa applicants, foreign nationals or those seeking asylum at the border, detecting and apprehending those that have breached the border and removing them, or pursuing...

• 28a Immigration Act 1971
  Immigration Act 1971
  The Immigration Act 1971 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning immigration.The Act, as with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, and that of 1968, restricted immigration, especially primary immigration into the UK....
  
  

Environment Agency officer

Water bailiff

Water bailiff

A water bailiff is a law enforcement officer responsible for the policing of bodies of water, such as a river, lake or coast. The position has existed in many jurisdictions throughout history.-Scotland:...

Police Community Support Officers (PCSO

PCSO

PCSO is an acronym that may refer to:In law enforcement:*Police Community Support Officer, a Police staff role in England and Wales*Police Custody and Security Officer, a Police staff role in ScotlandIn government:...

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SOCA officer

(N.B. can possess powers of immigration

Immigration

Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...

, customs and excise

Customs and Excise

Customs and Excise refers to customs duty and excise duty.In certain countries, the national tax authorities that are responsible for collecting those duties are named Customs and Excise, including:...

 and Police constable simultaneously)

• s46 Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
  Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
  The Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed primarily at creating the Serious Organised Crime Agency, it also significantly extended and simplified the powers of arrest of a constable and introduced restrictions on protests in the...
  
  

United States

• Police Officer
  Police officer
  A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
  
  
• State Troopers / State Police
  State police
  State police are a type of sub-national territorial police force, particularly in Australia and the United States. Some other countries have analogous police forces, such as the provincial police in some Canadian provinces, while in other places, the same responsibilities are held by national...
  
  
• Sheriff
  Sheriff
  A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
  
   / Deputy Sheriff
• Campus Police
  Campus police
  Campus Police or University police in the United States and Canada are often sworn police officers employed by a public school district, college or university to protect the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live on, work on and visit it....
  
  
• Special Police
  Special police
  Special Police does not have a consistent international meaning. In many cases it will describe a police force or a unit within a police force whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or significantly different from other police in the same...
  
   / Company Police
  Company police
  Company police, also called private police, are police officers who work for a private company rather than a government agency.-United Kingdom:...
  
  
• Railroad Police
  Railroad police
  Railroad police are different from one country to another. Their roles in some countries are not different from that of any other police agency in others they are more related to a type of security police. They are all commonly responsible for the protection of railroad vast networks of...
  
  
• Marshal
  Marshal
  Marshal , is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old French, cf...
  
   (Federal marshals)
• Fire Marshal
  Fire Marshal
  A fire marshal, in the United States and Canada, is often a member of a fire department but may be part of a building department or a separate department altogether. Fire marshals' duties vary but usually include fire code enforcement and/or investigating fires for origin and cause...
  
  
• Special Agent
  Special agent
  Special agent is usually the title for a detective or investigator for a state, county, municipal, federal or tribal government. An agent is a worker for any federal agency, and a secret agent is one who works for an intelligence agency....
  
  
• CIA
• FBI
• Prison officer
  Prison officer
  A prison officer , also referred to as a corrections officer , correctional officer , or detention officer , is a person charged with the responsibility of the supervision, safety and security of prisoners in a prison, jail, or similar form of secure...
  
  s (correctional institute officers)
• DEA
  DEA
  DEA is the commonly used acronym for the Drug Enforcement Administration, a United States law enforcement agency.DEA or Dea may also refer to:- Organizations :* DEA , UK development education charity...
  
   officers
• TSA
  TSA
  TSA most often refers to:* Transportation Security Administration, in the United States Department of Homeland Security* Tourette Syndrome Association, advocacy organizationbut may also refer to:- Organizations :...
  
   officers
• Members of public (Citizen's arrest
  Citizen's arrest
  A citizen's arrest is an arrest made by a person who is not acting as a sworn law-enforcement official. In common law jurisdictions, the practice dates back to medieval Britain and the English common law, in which sheriffs encouraged ordinary citizens to help apprehend law breakers.Despite the...
  
  )
• Immigration officer
  Immigration Officer
  The role of Immigration officers are to ensure that immigration legislation is enforced. This can cover the rules of entry for Visa applicants, foreign nationals or those seeking asylum at the border, detecting and apprehending those that have breached the border and removing them, or pursuing...
  
   / USBP
• Military Police
  Military police
  Military police are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to:...
  
  
• Marine Corps NCO's
• Interpol
  Interpol
  Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
  
  
• Bailiff
  Bailiff
  A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
  
   (Fugitive Recovery Agent)
• Alcohol Law Enforcement officer
• Alcohol Tobacco Firearms officer
• DMV
  DMV
  The initials DMV can stand for either:*Department of Motor Vehicles or Division of Motor Vehicles, the US state-level agency*Deserted medieval village*Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung, the German Mathematical Society...
  
   Law Enforcement Agent
• Peace Officer
  Peace officer
  A law enforcement officer , in North America, is any public-sector employee or agent whose duties involve the enforcement of laws. The phrase can include police officers, prison officers, customs officers, immigration officers, bailiffs, probation officers, parole officers, auxiliary officers, and...
  
  
• USPIS Postal Inspector special agents