Yeah, those navigator buttons can be handy, thanks!
SPOILERSOh, dear, Louise! I hate to see you googling yourself into a frenzy!
But I do appreciate your attention to detail.
Okay ..... keeping in mind that statutes and procedures vary widely from state to state (and that we're dealing with 1980's) I think you've got your bases covered pretty well b/c all the procedures you have them following sound plausible. Now, I don't know about Arizona, but speaking only for procedures in my own state - it's true that normally police officers do not have jurisdiction in other counties...
(1) A peace officer of a county, city, village, township, or university of this state may exercise the authority and powers of a peace officer outside the geographical boundaries of the officer's county, city, village, township, or university under any of the following circumstances:
(a) If the officer is enforcing the laws of this state in conjunction with the State police.
(b) If the officer is enforcing the laws of this state in conjunction with a peace officer of any other county, city, village, township, or university in which the officer may be.and if I recall, Wes did call the Cochise County sheriff, so you have that covered. Also, I know there was a warrant for Eddie, but do we have warrants for Ozzie and Eddies' mom? If any event,
Warrant; pursuit and apprehension of party in other county; aid.
Sec. 2.
If any person against whom a warrant shall be issued for an alleged offense committed within any county, shall, either before or after the issuing of such warrant, escape from or be out of the county, the sheriff or other officer to whom such warrant may be directed, may pursue and apprehend the party charged, in any county of this state, and for that purpose may command aid and may exercise the same authority as in his own county. And in that case, they could be brought right back to Greenlea, but I don't know what the law is in Arizona.
As for the techanlities of transporting, yes there would need to be paperwork signed by a judge, but:
If the judge [of the county in which the arrest is made] refuses to allow the arrested person to post bail, or if sufficient bail is not offered, the official having charge of the arrested person shall take the arrested person before a judge of the judicial district in which the offense is charged to have been committed. so basically the arresting county is required to return the person(s) to the county in which the crime is alleged to have been committed (barring some legal wrangling by Ozzie Prince, which I'm guessing you don't want to get into). If some type of transport "warrant" would be required in Arizona, then the "transportable statewide warrant" that Wes refers to sounds reasonable to me!
I really wouldn't sweat over these details too much, Louise - you've got a lot of leeway and you never venture into implausibility. Your police work and legal stuff is a lot more accurate and authentic than most of what I've read in books - and don't get me started on tv shows and movies!
Okay, now to the important stuff - Paula and Henry are moving along nicely - he has a lot of respect for her and her work. And I'm happy for Paula that she can look forward to spending quality time with that "an attractive and personable man" at the end of her long day! Thanks, Louise!