(A) In addition to their authority within the corporate limits, police officers shall have all the powers invested in law enforcement officers by statute or common law within one mile of the corporate limits of the town, and on all property owned by, or leased to, the town wherever located.
(B) When any offense is committed within the corporate limits of the town, or within its extraterritorial jurisdiction, under circumstances that would authorize a police officer to arrest the offender without a warrant, the officer may pursue the offender outside the corporate limits, and outside the town’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, as may be reasonably required for the purposes of making an arrest. Any officer pursuing an offender outside the corporate limits, or extraterritorial jurisdiction, of the town shall be entitled to all of the privileges, immunities, and benefits to which he or she would be entitled if acting within the town, including coverage under the Workers’ Compensation Laws, being G.S. Chapter 97.
(Code 1976, § 3.6)
Statutory reference:
Extraterritorial jurisdiction of police officers, G.S. § 160A-286.