California Highway Patrol's authority on local street..

[TurtleMan]

Recently I was in the Hollywood area, and I saw a high patrol car parked next to the chinese theather, well somehow the traffic made me stop right next to the police, and he just walked next to my car and start looking around, and found that one of my passenger in the rear seat not wearing a seat belt. The passenger got a ticket for it.. $87 bux !! but my question is , can the CHP do that ? I thought their authority is only on the highways...
am i wrong ? :\

 

[xanis]

Don't quote me on this, but I believe that Highway Patrol is a division of the State Police, in which case they could ticket you.

EDIT: Yup, here ya go:

Many state police agencies are, for historical reasons, referred to as a highway patrol organization. For instance, the California Highway Patrol is actually a state police agency, meaning that it is a police body having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations.

 

[foghorn67]

Some streets are also 'highways'. Like Beach Blvd is CA Freeway 39. Imperial Hwy is 90, etc.

 

[Kalvin00]

um...durr?

a cop is a cop anywhere. it doesnt matter where they are, they can write you a ticket.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

lol glad to see the cops are keep the streets safe... from possible out of control flying backseat passengers who might hurt themselves bc they are too dumbsht to put on a seatbelt!

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
um...durr?

a cop is a cop anywhere. it doesnt matter where they are, they can write you a ticket.

Wrong. There's a little thing called "jurisdiction" that prevents, say, San Diego cops from giving you a ticket in La Jolla or somewhere else. State Police units are the only local law enforcement units that have jurisdiction anywhere in the entire state.

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
um...durr?

a cop is a cop anywhere. it doesnt matter where they are, they can write you a ticket.

Wrong. There's a little thing called "jurisdiction" that prevents, say, San Diego cops from giving you a ticket in La Jolla or somewhere else. State Police units are the only local law enforcement units that have jurisdiction anywhere in the entire state.

That's not true, according to this page.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: Xanis

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
um...durr?

a cop is a cop anywhere. it doesnt matter where they are, they can write you a ticket.

Wrong. There's a little thing called "jurisdiction" that prevents, say, San Diego cops from giving you a ticket in La Jolla or somewhere else. State Police units are the only local law enforcement units that have jurisdiction anywhere in the entire state.

That's not true, according to this page.

Notice how it said, "in the vicinity". If you're on a piece of highway that lies in a township's jurisdiction, then the local Five-O can stop you. However, the State Police have TOTAL control over ALL stretches of highway and across all counties.

 

[BoomerD]

A cop from San Diego CAN give you a ticket in LaJolla, because, they are sworn peace officers within the state of Kahleeforneeya. HOWEVER, few will, because of the paperwork and appearance hassles.
The CHP jurisdiction includes all public roadways in the state.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
A cop from San Diego CAN give you a ticket in LaJolla, because, they are sworn peace officers within the state of Kahleeforneeya. HOWEVER, few will, because of the paperwork and appearance hassles.
The CHP jurisdiction includes all public roadways in the state.

Hmm... Okay, I stand corrected.