Hi all,

I'm wondering if there is anyone that can describe to me the workings of the law when say, police get a phone call that person X is holding person Y at gunpoint. When the police get to the place and find that person X has no weapon would they still handcuff them and take them to the station or would they just interview the person to see what's going on? What if the person was running after someone at the moment? Would this be considered the 'scene of a crime'?

This might be a really silly question, but I don't know how this works at all. I'm hoping someone might. I checked some old threads, but nothing specific comes up.

Thanks a bunch:)


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