---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 511.18"
title: "28"
number: "511.18"
heading: "When Bureau staff can arrest and detain a non-inmate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/511.18"
---

# §511.18. When Bureau staff can arrest and detain a non-inmate.

- (a) You may be arrested and detained by Bureau staff anytime there is probable cause indicating that you have violated or attempted to violate applicable criminal laws while at a Bureau facility, as authorized by [18 U.S.C. 3050](/usc/18/3050.md).
- (b) “Probable cause” exists when specific facts and circumstances lead a reasonably cautious person (not necessarily a law enforcement officer) to believe a violation of criminal law has occurred, and warrants consideration for prosecution.
- (c) Non-inmates arrested by Bureau staff under this regulation will be physically secured, using minimally necessary force and restraints, in a private area of the facility away from others. Appropriate law enforcement will be immediately summoned to investigate the incident, secure evidence, and commence criminal prosecution.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 72 FR 31180, June 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 751, 752, 1791, 1792, 1793, 3050, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4012, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44057, Nov. 1, 1984, unless otherwise noted.