Is it legal for city police to conduct road blocks in the state of tennessee?
458778
Yes. The roads are goverment property, and a goverment officer (police) can set up a road block if they believe that it will prevent property damage, loss of live, or major injury. It's legal anywhere.
22524
depending on where you are from..I am sure laws change from place to place..I would suggest speaking to a lawyer..most will allow you an hour of their time to sit and talk..for free...but the police cannot continue to pull you over or stop you for no reason..4 times for me ..I went to the police station..told them one more time and there would be police harrasment charges laid...it ended there..good luck to ya..gotta hate the cops on power trips
548242
You didn't say what state you're in, and that makes a huge difference.  Your question is (evidently) a little unclear for some folks, too...so let's see if we can clarify at least that part of it:\n\nIt looks to me like what you're asking is if the police can stop you for a traffic violation committed on private property.  As an example, maybe you're wanting to know if you can be stopped at the local hotel for not stopping at a stop sign erected by the hotel on their property, having a headlight out, or driving five miles an hour faster than what the hotel's signs say you should.\n\nIn California, the answer is generally no.  The California Vehicle Code generally does not apply to private property, though there are some notable exceptions (DUI, reckless driving, etc).  The examples I cited above are not illegal in California.\n\nIf I've got that wrong...and what you want to know is if you can be stopped on private property for a violation you committed on public property...the answer in California, and I'd bet in every state in the union, is yes.\n\nBut really, if you want a reliable answer you need to explain what state you're in, and if you're talking about a specific violation, you need to talk about that too.  There are just too many variables that can apply without any additional information.
915025
Yes i have, there is an overpass in the town where i live and the local police set at the bottom and nail people if they exceed th 30 mile per hour limit by 2 miles per hour.
314694
In public, without using electronics? No.\n\nIf you are wiretapping or using other electronic devices, probably.  If you provide more details, you might get more specific help.\n\n(The laws in question will probably be Tennessee, but federal law may or may not be implicated.)
639003
Go on the web to the Tennessee State's Attorney General's web site and check there.
239806
Sorry, as long as you live on a public road you have no right of way to the road in front of your house. Your neighbor can park wherever they want. A way you could cure them of this is to park in front of their mailbox, which is unethical, but not illegal. Most postal carriers hate this enough that they just won't deliver mail to the blocked box after a couple of days. Then when your neighbor complains to you about it, calmly explai to them that if their vehicle wasn't in front of your home, you wouldn't have to park in front of theirs. (If that doesn't work you could always throw a fresh fish in the back of his van.)
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I'm a former police officer turned attorney in Indiana. I don't know if this will help or not.\n\nWere the two of you ever married? If yes, then he may have an equal right to the child. It all depends on the law in Tennessee. \n\nWhy are the papers not drawn up yet? What did they state? You should've had at least a basic knowledge of what they were suppossed to say. Were they done locally? If so, go to the court that is working on them, and see if you can get a copy directly from them. \n\nAs a police office we never got involved in custody disputes. It was not our job to resolve civil disputes. Most people never realize this, but police usually have no power over civil law matters; only criminal. I would contact your local law enforcement and ask to speak to an officer. Ask what their policy is regarding these type of disputes. We usually left the child with whoever had custody at that time as we had no power to determine custody. \n\nI wish you the best of luck.
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Doesn't seem entirely on point, but the only case that nearly matches your terms is:\n\n200 Ariz. 523, 29 P.3d 870, 353 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 24\nCourt of Appeals of Arizona,\nDivision 1, Department C.\nHORTON  v. MITCHELL\nNo. 1 CA-CV 00-0500.\nJuly 31, 2001.\n\nNeighbors brought declaratory judgment action against landowner and his successors, seeking permanent injunction to stop landowner from dedicating land to city and to stop city from constructing roadway on land. Following a bench trial, the Superior Court, Maricopa County, No. CV 99-90519, M. Jean Hoag, J., denied the request for an injunction. Neighbors appealed. The Court of Appeals, Garbarino, P.J., held that: (1) neighbors were owners of lot and had right to enforce subdivision's restrictions, and (2) roadway was a structure, and thus was prohibited by the restrictions.\nReversed and remanded.
809849
Good question.  They are changing the laws here in NC to make it possible for the state and local police to finally be able to act accordingly with criminal trespassers.  I am so happy about it.  Maybe they can get rid of at least some of them.
720779
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.
955673
When they deem it necessary, and completely at their own discretion.  A group of five of us in a car saw a cop put on his lights to get through traffic and then pull into a burger king drive through.  A friends mom complained and the department said that it is not against the law for him to us his lights as he sees fit.  So pretty much, if he wants to put on the berries and cherries because Pittsburgh just scored a touchdown, hey that's his call... but of course he has a boss, who he is eventually going to get irritated, if he gets too many complaints over a siren happy maverick.
999768
Actually, the police are trained in identifying plates and expiration stickers from other states.  If you are doing something suspicious or possibly violating a traffic law, you could get stopped and cited.
868679
You will be responsible for the cost of the tow.  Legally, at least in California, you can not park in a manner that blocks a driveway.  It does not matter whose driveway you block or if anyone calls in about your car.  A police officer who is just driving around and finds a car blocking a driveway can tow it with or without a complainant.\n\nCVC 22651(d) gives a California peace officer the authority to tow a vehicle blocking a private driveway.  Here's the text to that section:\n\n22651.  Any peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing\nwith Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, or any\nregularly employed and salaried employee, who is engaged in directing\ntraffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, of a city,\ncounty, or jurisdiction of a state agency in which a vehicle is\nlocated, may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits\nin which the officer or employee may act, under any of the following\ncircumstances:\n   (a) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct,\nor causeway or in any tube or tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an\nobstruction to traffic.\n   (b) When any vehicle is parked or left standing upon a highway in\na position so as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or in a\ncondition so as to create a hazard to other traffic upon the highway.\n\n   (c) When any vehicle is found upon a highway or any public lands\nand a report has previously been made that the vehicle has been\nstolen or a complaint has been filed and a warrant thereon issued\ncharging that the vehicle has been embezzled.\n   (d) When any vehicle is illegally parked so as to block the\nentrance to a private driveway and it is impractical to move the\nvehicle from in front of the driveway to another point on the\nhighway.
153050
Yes. They have to meet certain rules of conduct. Research US Supreme Court ruling Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444, 110 S.Ct. 2481 (1990)
68301
Its not a nationwide law, its specifc to the state and even to the municipality.  In New Orleans, they are very liberal with regard to walking around on the street with an open container.  In NYC, you can't do that, you'll get a ticket.
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It will depend on what HS was doing it,  most medium and large police departments have Homeland Security officers appointed in it.  All of the state police units I know, including some of the larger college police units all have homeland secuity officers also.\n\nIf the officer has been sworn in as a state, county or city police yes they may.\n\nMany times the vechiles have specific names and the officers assigned to varouis units, but this will not mean they don't have other powers of arrest.\n\nin general those that work at the Federal level would not be doing traffic stops