Troops in Los Angeles can temporarily detain individuals, but no arrest authorities

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. military troops deployed to Los Angeles are allowed to temporarily detain individuals until law enforcement agents arrive to arrest them, a senior U.S. military official said on Wednesday.
   Major General Scott Sherman, who is leading the deployment of the 4,700 troops, said the troops on the ground did not have the authority to arrest individuals.
   Sherman said that the 700 Marines are receiving training on how to handle civil disturbances and they would not have live ammunition in their rifles during the deployment.
He added that the Marines would not be deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Wednesday, but they would be there “soon.”
(Reporting by Omar Younis in Los Angeles and Idrees Ali and Katharine Jackson in Washington D.C., Editing by Franklin Paul)
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