can city police ;pull u over on a highway?

joyriide1113

joyriide1113

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last night driving on the palmetto (826-N) i was driving my usual speed of 70 mph. seeing a metro-dade police officer cruising at 65 i hit the brakes a little and just cruise behind him. meanwhile i start seeing other cars passing him at like 75/80 mph and the officer does nothing. he was not a state patrol but a city officer. any reason why he did not pull anyone over or even why i havent seen a metro official ever pull someone over on an expressway? only state patrols.

was on another forum and someone describe the same situation that happened more or less to him.
 
It's all about jurisdiction. State Police have jurisdiction in the entire state. Sheirrfs have jurisdtiction in their county and local Police have jurisdiction in their town only. So theoretically, if in their town, a local police officer can stop someone on a highway but usually the State Police have control over state highways.
 
They can still pull you over. What they'll do is pull you over and then radio for a local boy to show up to write the ticket. That's only if they don't share juridiction with other cities to begin with. Don't mess with uniformed cops in squad cars no matter where they are from. If they want you to get a ticket then they certianly can arrange it.
 
but as for highways. since its just a big sttretch of road wouldnt one imply that city officers do not have jurisdiction over u. highways go over a lot of ground and over many many cities.
 
makes sense. im sure the can still pull u over and then radio for someone if they really wanted to bust u're chops
 
joyriide1113 said:
but as for highways. since its just a big sttretch of road wouldnt one imply that city officers do not have jurisdiction over u. highways go over a lot of ground and over many many cities.
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That's why they call 'em 'Highway Patrol'. :cool:
 
joyriide1113 said:
but as for highways. since its just a big sttretch of road wouldnt one imply that city officers do not have jurisdiction over u. highways go over a lot of ground and over many many cities.
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A local police officer say for example Miami PD can pull you over on the highway given that the section of the highway is within Miami city limits.

I've read multiple times about a town somewhere out in the midwest that has a 1/4 of a mile of highway going through their town. Apparently, the number one source of city revenues is ticket revenue from speeding tickets issued along that 1/4 mile of highway. These tickets are issued by the local PD. Basically, they have a speed trap going on their section of the highway 24/7.
 
In our area, it is very common for the city police to set up speed traps on the Interstate highway that passes through their city limits.
It is a real cash cow for several of the smaller suburbs around Des Moines.
I-80 and I-35 run together for about 20 miles or so just north of Des Moines. This gives the city cops of West Des Moines, Clive, and Urbandale a shot at a lot of vehicles. Ankeny, (where I live), is about 5 miles north on I-35, and not wanting to be left out, they set up on an overpass where they are almost invisible to the traffic.
It is especially productive since the speed limit is 70 except for the stretch around Des Moines and through Ankeny where it drops to 65.
My feeling is that if the city police have enough officers to patrol the Interstate highways, they are overstaffed. To me, it seems like their responsibility is the streets of the city that hired them, not the Interstate system.
Sounds like I'm on my soapbox again.
And no, I didn't get a ticket. :)

Charles
 
Mikeyc said:
A local police officer say for example Miami PD can pull you over on the highway given that the section of the highway is within Miami city limits.

I've read multiple times about a town somewhere out in the midwest that has a 1/4 of a mile of highway going through their town. Apparently, the number one source of city revenues is ticket revenue from speeding tickets issued along that 1/4 mile of highway. These tickets are issued by the local PD. Basically, they have a speed trap going on their section of the highway 24/7.
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That would be (well, would have been) New Rome, Ohio. They had two cops that sat at the first light in the town (just inside the jurisdiction) and would run every plate that was at the light. There were then two more cops that would pull people over and inspect "questionable vehicles" more thoroughly than a state safey inspection. Any violations were met with tickets in inflated amounts. Interestingly enough the entire town was dissolved several years ago by the Governor because of Police and governmental corruption. If you want to read more about it I'm pretty sure Car & Driver ran a story about it, search for New Rome, Ohio on the C&D site and it will come up.
 
The rule on the interstate (at least in Ohio) is that a municipality MUST have at lease one on ramp AND off ramp withing their jurisdiction in order to run traffic on the highways. Of course the way around this is to be on the highway for a reason other than to enforce traffic laws. Like sitting there "just doing paperwork, and forgetting to turn off the radar" *wink, wink.

Most of the time though, the 'locals' leave the interstate to the Troopers/State Police because it gives them one less area of responsibility. Too, there are many cops that don't have a burr up their backsides for minor speeding offenses (there are things a WHOLE LOT worse than that going on, and as long as you're not being a moron, they'll leave you alone.
 
joyriide1113 said:
last night driving on the palmetto (826-N) i was driving my usual speed of 70 mph. seeing a metro-dade police officer cruising at 65 i hit the brakes a little and just cruise behind him. meanwhile i start seeing other cars passing him at like 75/80 mph and the officer does nothing. he was not a state patrol but a city officer. any reason why he did not pull anyone over or even why i havent seen a metro official ever pull someone over on an expressway? only state patrols.

was on another forum and someone describe the same situation that happened more or less to him.
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If I remember correctly yes they can. It became into law about 4 -6 years ago. No matter what city or highway you are in Miami any police officer can stop you if you are breaking any law.
 
budman3 said:
It's all about jurisdiction. State Police have jurisdiction in the entire state. Sheirrfs have jurisdtiction in their county and local Police have jurisdiction in their town only. So theoretically, if in their town, a local police officer can stop someone on a highway but usually the State Police have control over state highways.
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Not totally true at all. Our police SHARE jurisdictions between all joining cities.
And yes, our local cops even have juridiction on the highways.
 
Did you ever say what the speed limit is on that roadway? The officer was probably on the way home, and wasn't that concerned with someone doing 10 or 15 mph of the limit. In the state of Georgia the county officers have to give you 10 mph over the limit before they can cite you. On the other hand, the State Patrol can get you for doing 1 mph over. I guess you just don't know who is around the corner waiting.
 
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