Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

586.   Persons arrested without warrant to be taken to police station

Where any person is taken into custody without a warrant, except when detained for the purpose merely of ascertaining his or her name, he or she shall be taken to the nearest police station, and there delivered to the police officer in charge of the station, in order that he or she may be secured until he or she can be brought before the magistrate, unless in the meantime he or she is released according to law.

Physical Restraints or Searching