Random speeding question

[akafred]

Just passed a city cop with a pulled over car on the other side of the road and then the city limits sign. Can they pull you over past the city limits?

Obviously I am not driving. DH was curious.

[sassypantzz]

errrr..I am fairly certain they can pull you over providing you sped while in their jurisdication

[leroybrown]

Yes. DH is a city cop, they don't typically wander off much past a mile or so out of town, but they run radar all the time on the 4lane highway on the edge of town and most of their stops doing that are technically outside city limits.

[akafred]

That's what I said. Apparently he watched too much Dukes of Hazzard as a kid .

[soxgirl07]

They can definitely follow you into the next jurisdiction. And a town cop was telling me how he can radio and get permission from another town if he wants to address something there.

[thebanich]

Jan 20, 2015 11:08:58 GMT -5 pistolpackinmomma said:

Sadly I didn't think they could do anything out of their jurisdiction unless it was a high speed chase or something. A $135 ticket told me otherwise.

Don't speed?

[leroybrown]

Well hey, at least you weren't packing.

[mrsw062610]

This is interesting....I never even thought about all this.

[Deleted]

If the infraction occurred in their jurisdiction they can.

[leroybrown]

Jan 20, 2015 13:16:22 GMT -5 @armywife1318 said:

If the infraction occurred in their jurisdiction they can.

Yes, and the question raised by OP was "is outside city limits still in their jurisdiction for a city cop?"

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Jan 20, 2015 13:27:02 GMT -5 @sterling said:

Jan 20, 2015 13:25:41 GMT -5 leroybrown said:

Yes, and the question raised by OP was "is outside city limits still in their jurisdiction for a city cop?"

Some cities have agreements that allow them to issue tickets in adjacent areas. Pretty common.

It read to me like the cop pulled the person over just past the city limit sign, which leads me to believe the infraction that led to the stop happened within his jurisdiction within city limits and that's where the stop began so it would be ok. As @sterling said, it's very common for there to be some overlap.

[leroybrown]

::headdesk::