A peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant for any offense committed in his presence or within his view. A peace officer may make a valid arrest without a warrant in certain circumstances other than those set out in this instruction.If you are arrested without probable cause and falsely charged, can you sue the arresting officer? How would you go about doing this? False arrest is a common law tort where a plaintiff claims they were held in custody or arrested without legal justification or without an arrest warrant. A false arrest may lead to a civil rights claim when law enforcement officers engage in misconduct in arresting a suspect. If the officer making the detention has reasonable suspicion to be believe you are involved in a crime, he can detain you. Like a peace officer, you need probable cause to detain someone for a felony. Presence of an officer is arrestable without warrant. View on Westlaw or start a FREE TRIAL today, § 1.