Arresting officer may command assistance

15 M.R.S. § 209, under Chapter 9.

15 M.R.S. § 209

Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as sheriffs and other officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with the like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.