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This applies in the UK. Yes, a person can not restrain somebody until the cops come. however they can arrest them and bring them straight to the police station.

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In the US, laws vary by state. Some places, you may use blocking techniques , like preventing them from getting into a car.Some places allow physical restraint, and a few states will allow you to hold them at gunpoint. And in your own home, you may defend yourself as you see fit, but you don't get to go in pursuit and shoot a person two blocks away. The crime and response have to be congruent with what a reasonable person would do. Check your individual state's statutes on self-defense and citizen's arrests.

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