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by WANNA fite on March 8th, 2007

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Iwas given a ticket by an Inglewood police officer for speeding . he got me speeding on his radar ! i was not technically in the city of inglewood at all as it turns out! if he was out of his jurisdiction ,am i still liable to pay the fine?

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  • by anonymous on March 8th, 2007

    anonymous

    I think this question is very representative of peoples thinking regarding justice.

    Let's look at the question without all the stated parameters.

    I was speeding. A cop caught me on radar. Do I have to pay?
    The answer seems self evident I think, when the question is posed like this.

    So let's have a look at the other parameters. The cop is stationed in Inglewood, but you were not "technically" in Ingelwood, whatever that means, OK, was your speeding still endangering your own life, as well as that of others?
    Were your actions still illegal, even if you were not in Ingelwood?
    Does the cops radar function outside of Inglewood?

    If it was some private citizen who saw you, and had the ability to reliably estimate your speed, and they reported you to the appropriate authorities, would you not be accountable?

    Let's look at this still another way. Say someone killed your mother, and an off duty cop saw them in another state while he was on vacation.
    If this cop reports it, or arrests the suspect, are they allowed to go free?

    I really don't think you would apply justice the same way in this situation, which brings us to the fundamental problem; are we allowed to do bad things if we probably won't get caught?

    And if we do something bad, should we not own up to it and pay our debt, regardless of whether it is required by law?

    I think people who want to do good will answer yes, we should pay back what we owe, even if there is a way to get out of it, our conscience should not allow us to do so.

    From the legal stand, I don't know if you are required to pay.

    From a moral view, yes, you should pay it.

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  • by trinic on February 22nd, 2009

    trinic

    Actually, No. A city officer cannot give a speeding ticket for speeding that occured outside of his city limits. He can write the ticket for "reasonable and prudent speed" but not for speeding. It's against the law according to alabama title 32.

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  • by txpeaceofficer on June 30th, 2009

    txpeaceofficer

    Well, I don't know where Inglewood is, but in Texas just because the officer's badge says "City of..." doesn't mean that their jurisdiction is inside those city limit signs. He is commissioned by the city, that is to say they pay his check and ask him to perform the duties of his office in the general vicinity of the city, but there are lots of situations that require the officer to perform his duties outside of the city limits. Writing a speeding ticket for an offense committed a mile or two outside of the city is not a big deal. Working traffic four cities away is not cool because you are playing in someone else's backyard. In cases like that it takes a more extreme offense to justify the officer taking action.

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  • by Capital J on February 23rd, 2009

    Capital J

    geez just pay the fine. he caught ya. your busted. you did the crime now do the time

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  • by john pennington on February 23rd, 2009

    john pennington

    Yes. all the officer has to say in court was it was a citizens arrest for a traffic violation.

    That will cover the jurisdiction problem.

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  • by Old School on March 8th, 2007

    Old School

    Yes.

    Jurisdictional boundaries are suspended for cases of "hot pursuit".

    Also, it is probably not worth your time and effort to fight it. You can plead "not guilty", but then you get a court date and if the officer writing the ticket shows up, the judge will probably uphold the ticket.

    Good luck (take the "Traffic school" option!)
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  • by vinc3nt on March 8th, 2007

    vinc3nt

    There is some jurisdictional question here. I believe that you may have a case if there is no cooperative law enforcement arrangement between Inglewood and the adjacent city. It is comparable to the Inglewood officer fishing in another mans pond. Which city reaps the dollars. You must ask some question before you go to court. I was ticketed by a police officer many years ago for driving fast or reckless in an empty parking lot. I went to court and the judge agreed that the officer was outside his jurisdiction trying to enforce road speed or safety laws in a private parking lot. Had I hurt someone or damaged property then he could act.

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  • by Anonymous on March 9th, 2007

    Anonymous

    Yes. you, me or any officer can make a citizens arrest anywhere, any time.

    If he was out of his jurisdiction, when the citation was issued, he will only resort the citation into a citzens arrest.

    Its valid.

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