Find Collins Mississippi sheriff's office, department, headquarters, jail and detention center. Sheriffs provide information on records, arrests, inmates, warrants, and mugshots. Name. Covington County Sheriff's Office.
Probable cause must exist for a law enforcement officer to make an arrest without a warrant, search without a warrant, or seize property in the belief the items were evidence of a crime.
This is even permitted when an officer arrests an individual for a minor offense that results in a citation and not an arrest. If a police officer does not have probable cause to make an arrest, it is possible that a judge may declare that the evidence seized incidental to the arrest is inadmissible at trial.