Can a police officer pull you over if its not in their area?
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If they saw an offense happen while you were in their area then they can pull you over for it in the other area.
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Let me make this clear:  \n\nAn arrest is when you believe your rights and priviledges as a citizen have been taken away on the grounds the police officer tells you.  He needs to touch you, tell you the offence you commited, place you under arrest and read you your rights.  That is an arrest.\n\nA citation or ticket, is a fine that you get, also on the ticket is a summons for you to appear in court.  At this level of "arrest" the traffic officer/street officer has the powers to release you on his own.  When you are arrested on any other type of offence where you cannot be fined or given a summons to appear in court, you have to be seized and brought "down town" and a senior officer in the department is the only one with the authority to release you from an arrest.\n\nAll cops have the same powers to arrest but not all cops have the same powers of releasing an arrested individual.  \n\nWhen you are arrested you're pretty much in the custody of the police officer.  \n\nDo you believe you should have been given a citation instead?  The cop would say, he didn't think so.\n\nShould you have been given a citation?  The cop could argue that and say you needed to be arrested.\n\nWhen you are arrested, you should not speak, follow the rights the cops read to you, and make your first call as soon as possible and contact a lawyer he'll argue about what should have been done regarding the arrest for you if applicable.
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parking lots are private property so there has to be a sign posted saying that the property owner has allowed the police to patrol the parking lot.  If there is noting like that there is nothing that they can do to you unless you were pulling on to a city street, at least that is the law in CA
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Well, the question about blue lights tells me you're not in California.  If you had said what state you are in, someone might have been able to give you a better answer (maybe your state requires law enforcement to use their emergency lights to pull you over....but I doubt it very much).\n\nThat said, not using his lights on you was a very clever tactic that experienced police officers use.  Without the lights, there is probably no issue as to detention (meaning he didn't even need a reason to stop you, because you stopped yourself and he just walked up and began talking to you).  Police officers, just like everyone else in the country, have the right to walk up to someone and just start talking to them - and if the person stands there and engages in conversation, it's all good and anything that comes from it is just as constitutionally sound as if the officer had probable cause to make the stop in the first place.  \n\nHowever, if the officer pulled in behind you and blocked your ability to leave - even if you didn't try or want to - then it very likely will be considered a detention by the courts, and will require the appropriate constitutional factors to justify the detention.  You said the officer arranged for another cop car to block your way, so that would likely be considered a detention by the courts.  However, the officer is claiming you were speeding, so assuming he can prove that to the court's satisfaction, he could have called in a hundred cars to block you in and it wouldn't matter...blue lights or no.
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Actually when I worked for the police dept, it was against police policy to give a "jump" from the police car.  It can seriously damage the electronics in the police car ( 1000's of dollars worth)\n\nAn officer giving a jump to someone could be wrote up, given a day off without pay or more.\n\nThe police officer will call you a tow truck, or other road service,  they will often call someone else that you want called.
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I'd say you have to get the police to start enforcing it. And I'll tell ya they or at least some of them may be the biggest offenders. I know w female police officer locally, like in FAIRHAVEN, MA. (hey Chief HINT HINT) And EVERY SINGLE time I see her DRIVING her cruiser she is on the phone. No Lie. But if the Police enforced it things would change. BUT it isn't against the law here in MA. Not yet anyway. Yes I do have a cell phone BUT I do NOT answer it while driving. If I do need to answer it I do PULL over.
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A vehicle that is classified "off road" shall not\nbe driven on a public road.\n Depending on what it is, it may be towed at your\nexpense. You can get a ticket. You also pay \nstorage charges for the vehicle.\n You could go to any Highway Patrol office and\nask, but don't drive an off road vehicle to their office.
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The key is "if I get pulled over"\n\nSon, you better drive like a saint\nand pray like one too.\n\nThe police have plenty of things to keep them occupied and if you are driving like a law abiding citizen, it is highly unlikely that you will get pulled over.\n\nGood luck on your job hunt !
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Ask you local police department.
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Call your local police department and ask.
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Yes it is law that you MUST pull over for emergency vehicles that are running red lights and sirens. The part where you are getting the suggestion that you pull over is for volunteer firefighters or emts in the thier personal vehicles while running lights (in NY its blue lights, same in CT). That is the reason emergency vehicles have lights and sirens. Police have been known to push vehicles out of the way with thier cruisers while in traffic for this reason. Regardless of what the law says it is a good idea to pull over and stop, police, firefighters and Emergency Medical personel do  not drive lights and sirens for fun (although tons of people think they do) it is dangerous for them, so make thier job easier and the F*@% out of the way when you see them comming down the road!
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As a police officer, the best advise for anybody being arrested, pulled over for speeding, stpped walking down the street, however you come into contact with law enforcement- Shut your mouth! Do not volunteer ANY info besides name date of birth etc, when an officer says "Do you know how fast you were going?" NEVER say "yeah I was going a little fast wasn't I?", say "No officer, was I speeding?" the way you answer a question can prove willfull violation of the law be it on a speeding ticket or a murder charge. You have a right to remain silent for a reason.
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As an ex cop I can assure that they can in certain cases. Most officers search you to check for weapons and if they find drugs in the process, then it's a valid charge. There are some places where they have to have your consent to search, like your home but if it's your vehicle and you're arrested they have to inventory the car so that is a valid search. If they have probable cause like seeing marijuana or something in plain view, then you can be arrested. If they stop you and want to look in your trunk, unless there exigent circumstances, like they think theres a person you're holding captive in there or an animal, then they can search without a warrant. A pat-down search is legal for officer safety reasons. To search things like your bags or glove compartment they need your consent again, unless you've been arrested. If they have reason to believe that you are going to reach for a weapon they can search the immediate area. Best thing to do is not to carry illegal things my friend. Cops are savvy and we take no chances. If you break the law, you deserve to go down but I do believe in protecting peoples civil rights as well. I always protected my prisoner's rights because I may to make a judgement due to the situation and what has to be done, but I am not judge, jury and executioner and most police officers try to keep this in mind. Even if I didn't like a person I'd dealt with before, I was still fair and respectful unless they gave me a reason to get tough with them. Good luck.
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he can just give you a warning, he can give you a ticket, or since a ticket is given in lieu of an arrest, he could arrest you....its officer's discretion\n\n\nthere is no law that says an officer HAS to issue you a ticket
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Honestly, where do you some of you people get the ideas you get?\n\nTo the asker:  assuming everything you said here is 100% factual, and assuming you didn't leave anything out, and assuming you have *all* the facts in the first place, then no, it doesn't sound like there was any probable cause to pull you over.  \n\nHowever, here's what I suspect, because I have done this very thing:\n\nI'm the cop you and your friend drove past when he/she yelled whatever they yelled.  Evidently, your friend wanted to come to the attention of the police, so I'm generally happy to oblige.  You don't say (and probably don't know) if it was the same cop who pulled you over, but it doesn't matter...we've got radios, ya' know?  \n\nSo anyway, back to your friend who wants to be a policeman's project:\n\nWhether I take off after you or I radio to one of my partners, one of us catches up to you.  You don't signal where you should, you have a taillight out, your registration is expired, etc., etc., and that provides me probable cause to stop you.  It's quite possible, especially if you developed an attitude problem, that I will tell you the only reason you're being stopped is because of your friend, the loudmouth.\n\nThe liberal among us will not like this, I know.  However, probable cause in this state is probable cause, and the motivation behind my use of probable cause is irrelevant to your guilt or innocence.  \n\nSo if you're right, the cop was wrong and you certainly do want to talk to an attorney.\n\nIf I'm right, you got pulled over because your idiot friend brought your car to the attention of the police, and it sounds like you paid a price for that.  Choose your friends better next time you're drinking and driving.\n\nAnd no, yelling out of your car is not disorderly conduct in California.  It's a rude and stupid exercise of your right to free speech.\n\nShouting something at the police is not an indication that you're not a reasonable person, and being an unreasonable person does not provide the police with reasonable cause to pull you over.  Holy cow, if this were true I could pull people over a hundred times a day.  \n\nBeing disrespectful to the police does not qualify as disorderly conduct.  It qualifies as stupid, but stupid does not equate to probable cause to effect a detention or make an arrest.  Don't I wish.\n\nYeah, we're always making things up just to pull you over.  I routinely risk being convicted of perjury and jailed for civil rights violations just to see if you've got big hooters, are drunk, or have a little weed in your car.  Please.\n\nYou're welcome to have just about any bumper sticker you want on your car and not have to worry about getting a ticket.  First of all, like I said, we do live in the land of free speech so you can have anything you want on your bumper.  If it says "I'm plotting to kill the President," you might end up with a visit from the Secret Service, but you can't get a ticket for displaying even an obscene bumper sticker.  \n\nHanging out the window is a good indication that you're not wearing your seat belt, but I'm not sure I'm familiar with a crime called "reckless endangerment."  \n\nI'm glad showing poor judgement doesn't really qualify as cause for the police to investigate.  If it did, I would literally spend my entire day talking to people with extraordinarily poor judgement who weren't committing a crime.  I do enough of that now.\n\nAnyway, I hope the cops had a really wonderful reason for pulling you over, once your friend decided you needed to stopped.  I hope their reason is enough to get you into court and convicted, if you really were driving in violation of the drunk driving laws in this state.  Your decision to do so put a huge number of people at risk...all of whom, except yourself, would have been innocent victims of your profoundly poor
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Boy...tough crowd in here.  Wrong in some cases, too.\n\nYou've got two questions here, so that's how I'll address them.\n\n1.  Is it legal for the police to stop you on the street (in your car, at your home, in the bar, etc.) for no reason?\n\nThe police cannot stop you for no reason.  However, it's entirely possible you don't know what the reason was, or you weren't really "stopped" as the law considers it...the word "stop" has a very significant legal meaning and what you might think of as being stopped by the police might not be seen that way under the law.  Consensual contacts between the police and citizens take place day and night, 24x7, and are approved of by the courts all the time.    \n\n2.  Can the police ask you for ID?\n\nYes.  And in some cases, they can ask you to stand on your head.  If the police are *asking*, then you are free to comply or refuse, as you see fit.  California no longer has a law requiring you to carry identification at all times (and hasn't for close to twenty years) so it would surprise me to find another state that does.\n\nI can just about guarantee you a better answer if you provide the state you're in and the circumstances that bring about this question.
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wen u prevent a cop from doin its job