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I apologize if this is in the wrong thread, if it can be moved then have at it, I wasn't able to find a legal or law related thread.
My question is, where does a city cop's jurisdiction end? Where I live two cities run right next to each other, it's pretty common to see one city's police cars in the other city and vice versa. Can a cop actually arrest you or pull you over if he is not in the city for the police department he's with?
But if two cities abut each other, and the boundary zigs and zags, the cities may well have enforcement agreements with each other. You'd have to ask the departments' public information officer(s).
Here in New York all sworn LEOs are state certified and thus have police powers statewide however this is generally restricted to the jurisdiction of their employing agency. It's considered rude for an LEO to undertake proactive enforcement outside of his/her jurisdiction, stepping on toes and all that.
Here on Long Island the state-wide agencies (State Police, State Park Police, State Environmental Conservation Police, etc) generally limit themselves to their agency's specific purposes except for traffic stops and the like unless it is a very serious emergency (ie: an officer down call, a mass shooting, etc). However, the state-wide agencies tend to take a more proactive role upstate than they do in NYC, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley.
I apologize if this is in the wrong thread, if it can be moved then have at it, I wasn't able to find a legal or law related thread.
My question is, where does a city cop's jurisdiction end? Where I live two cities run right next to each other, it's pretty common to see one city's police cars in the other city and vice versa. Can a cop actually arrest you or pull you over if he is not in the city for the police department he's with?
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Originally Posted by jacqueg
I'm not so sure about that.
But if two cities abut each other, and the boundary zigs and zags, the cities may well have enforcement agreements with each other. You'd have to ask the departments' public information officer(s).
j hit it. take the LA area for instance, there are several cities there and each city has its own police department. but they also have enforcement agreements that allow each department to cross boundaries to aid other departments, or when in pursuit of a violator, or what ever.
most of the time however when a city cop hits the city limits, they are at the end of their jurisdiction.
It depends, I believe traffic tickets in Los Angeles are paid to the County not to the City - so city cops would be legally able to issue traffic tickets in other cities.
I apologize if this is in the wrong thread, if it can be moved then have at it, I wasn't able to find a legal or law related thread.
My question is, where does a city cop's jurisdiction end? Where I live two cities run right next to each other, it's pretty common to see one city's police cars in the other city and vice versa. Can a cop actually arrest you or pull you over if he is not in the city for the police department he's with?
In this State, any Law Enforcement Officer can pull you over and Arrest you, if your breaking the Law. Technically, even a Game Warden can pull you over and arrest you, although they would call in a State Cop or Sheriffs Deputy, at the scene to process you, if you where arrested and taken into custody.
our unversity campus police has more power that the local sherriff. they are state employee on a state unversity so they are classified as same as state troopers, they get same training as state troopers, and are state police
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