Process Obligatory Upon Police

Process Obligatory Upon Police. (a) All process in any criminal proceeding, contempt proceeding, or in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, issued in accordance with law and the rules of procedure prescribed in accordance with law, shall be obligatory upon all police officers and marshals of the Marshals Service Division having knowledge of it, and any police officer or marshal to whom process is given shall promptly make diligent effort to execute or serve it either personally or through another police officer or marshal. (b) This section applies to orders to show cause why a person should not be adjudged in contempt, orders of attachment of a person, summons, and all other orders (including an oral order in place of any of the foregoing), issued in either civil contempt or juvenile delinquency proceedings, as well as all forms of process in criminal proceedings. Source: 12 TTC § 51; (a) amended by PL 17-41 § 3(d) (May 9, 2011).