Quote Originally Posted by ChromeScholar View Post
Doesn't have to be. What you may have seen on US TV, or what is true in Canada isn't what is true in real life in the US. A US police officer does not have to say "You're under arrest" for you to be under arrest. When the police officer told him that he had to go with the police officer, that is legally the same as being placed under arrest. The officer does not have to read you your rights the instant you are arrested.
Well, then. Things are definitely different up here. The officer is required to tell you that you are under arrest, why you are under arrest, read you your rights, and then touch you to signify you are detained. I withdraw my comment, then, as it seems I was wrong about US law - I assumed the procedures in both countries came originally from the British common law that both nations' legal systems are based on.