Police Jurisdiction Questions
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Police Jurisdiction Questions
Is there anyway to determine a police department's jurisdiction? Is it legal for an officer to write a citation for an act that occurs outside of his jurisdiction?
I got a ticket for expired registration from Oak Ridge North Police Department on 45 north in Conroe. I've never heard of a city called Oak Ridge North so I did a little research on them and turns out their a small community (3,000 people) that didn't want to be annexed by Houston or The Woodlands... so they have a small little town across 45 from the Woodlands mall. How could their jurisdiction reach all the way to Conroe?
Small towns and their chicken **** fundraising tickets really **** me off.
I got a ticket for expired registration from Oak Ridge North Police Department on 45 north in Conroe. I've never heard of a city called Oak Ridge North so I did a little research on them and turns out their a small community (3,000 people) that didn't want to be annexed by Houston or The Woodlands... so they have a small little town across 45 from the Woodlands mall. How could their jurisdiction reach all the way to Conroe?
Small towns and their chicken **** fundraising tickets really **** me off.
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yes they can write tickets out of their jurisdiction..but they arent supposed to..they get a little slap on the wirst..thats what my friend whose cop told me when i asked him..
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That sucks man, maybe Kevin can post in here and shed some light. Man you get more tickets than a colored. I keep all my **** current so I dont get beat downs from the officer man. Should take this to 20/20, say its DWR, driving while Ross.
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A cop from El Paso can write you a ticket here in houston. The out of jurisdiction crap is a myth. But, if something like that happened you could keep moving back the court date hoping to catch him on a day where he isn't going to drive that far.
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Originally Posted by TRANSdAMn 2k
A cop from El Paso can write you a ticket here in houston. The out of jurisdiction crap is a myth. But, if something like that happened you could keep moving back the court date hoping to catch him on a day where he isn't going to drive that far.
so where do you go to court? El paso? Not attacking you or any thing but that seems really messed up, espically if you didnt commit a crime in El Paso. Would be like a cop from a dry county giving you a boot leging ticket in a wet county.
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Well I just looked at the ticket again and he said he wrote it at 27000 I45 North (Oak Ridge North) when it actually was closer Willis.
They won't let me send paperwork showing the registration was renewed in a timely manner and won't let me reschedule the court day via the phone... I guess I have to drive 50+ miles there and hope it can be dismissed or rescheduled.
They won't let me send paperwork showing the registration was renewed in a timely manner and won't let me reschedule the court day via the phone... I guess I have to drive 50+ miles there and hope it can be dismissed or rescheduled.
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Originally Posted by TRANSdAMn 2k
A cop from El Paso can write you a ticket here in houston. The out of jurisdiction crap is a myth. But, if something like that happened you could keep moving back the court date hoping to catch him on a day where he isn't going to drive that far.
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Originally Posted by AGRV8D
get a lawyer...pay him the $$
Thanks for the info LS69TA
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Kinda sounds like a pric if ya ask me. If you were'nt doing anything crazy and he went out of his was for a regestration ticket, then that's weak. we have a few like that where I work too.
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oak ridge cops will pull you over for any and everything...they patrol the whole woodlands area like its theirs...dont waste the money on a lawyer just take the info in...the courts around here are pretty chill if they see that you got it taken care of
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so the issue is he changed the location to his city? did you even drive thru that area?
i have a ******** always doing that to me, DWG writitng tickets in Arlington, but changing the location to DWG city limits.
i have a ******** always doing that to me, DWG writitng tickets in Arlington, but changing the location to DWG city limits.
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Originally Posted by pSSycotic
oak ridge cops will pull you over for any and everything...they patrol the whole woodlands area like its theirs...dont waste the money on a lawyer just take the info in...the courts around here are pretty chill if they see that you got it taken care of
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so the issue is he changed the location to his city? did you even drive thru that area?
i have a ******** always doing that to me, DWG writitng tickets in Arlington, but changing the location to DWG city limits.
i have a ******** always doing that to me, DWG writitng tickets in Arlington, but changing the location to DWG city limits.