(a) A federal law enforcement officer who enters this state may arrest a person, without a warrant, when in the judgment of the federal law enforcement officer a person:
- (1) Asserts physical force or uses forcible compulsion likely to cause death or great bodily harm to any person; or
- (2) is committing an inherently dangerous felony as defined in K.S.A. 21-5402, and amendments thereto.
(b) To provide assistance to law enforcement officers, a federal law enforcement officer shall have the same authority as a law enforcement officer where:
- (1) The federal law enforcement officer is rendering assistance at the request of any law enforcement officer; or
- (2) the federal law enforcement officer is effecting an arrest or providing assistance as part of a bona fide task force or joint investigation in which law enforcement officers are participating.
- (c) Any lawful actions pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be within the scope of the federal law enforcement officer's employment.
(d) As used in this section:
- (1) "Federal law enforcement officer" means a person employed by the United States government and assigned to the federal bureau of investigation who is empowered to effect an arrest with or without a warrant for violation of the United States code and who is authorized to carry a firearm in the performance of the person's official duties as a federal law enforcement officer.
- (2) "Law enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 21-5111, and amendments thereto.
- (e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas code of criminal procedure.
L. 2004, ch. 139, § 6; L. 2007, ch. 198, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 115; July 1.