I’m sorry I misspoke, the arrest itself is the same as LEO as to the arrest, if it was in that person presence or immediate knowledge. Like I said they would have PC and the crime would have to be in their presence or have immediate knowledge that the crime was committed by that person you are arresting.There most certainly ARE statutory police arrest powers in Georgia. They are listed in Code sections right before the sections about arrest by private persons. Start reading at OCGA 17-4-20 and stop when you figure it out.
I was trying to say there was no statutory difference, for an arrest if the offense occurred in the persons presence. That that has to meet the same merits. At one time it wasn’t even separated, just spelled out what an arrest was. Looks like the assembly spelled it out in 1999.
I think the rest of that post stands on its own.