Does a Georgia State Patrol have to show you his radar detector,if requested, when given a citation?
969432
Georgia Law does not require that a State Trooper show you his radar, more properly called speed detection device.  In fact, they don't have to lock your speed on the unit at all.  Municipal police officers, i.e., city, county and state universities, must ask you if you would like for them to conduct a series of tests on the speed detection device to see if it is working properly.  That's all that is required before they can issue a citation.  Oh yea, I forgot.  It's a huge safety issue to let a person come back to the patrol car unless he/she is under arrest.  Some officers have obliged the request to see the radar and have ended up being struck by passing motorists.
881054
I don't know about in NY, but it can happen in GA;  cop wrote ticket for failure to yield right of way; guy even admitted he ran the red light light; witnesses all agreed;  judge let him go b/c officer should have written "failure to yield right of way while making a left hand turn"!!
972321
Typically, they will have no idea that you have a warrant.  When getting a license they do not run a criminal history check on you. However, and this is the catcher, if your license has been suspended for failure to pay a fine, or failure to appear, rest assured they will check to see if the situation has been remedied.
628726
Yes it is - (in the UK that is - hope you are in the UK?).  You can request proof that appropriate signs were in place as stipulated in the Road Traffic Act.  You may find that sending this letter may get on their wick to the point that they will drop the speeding claim - obviously they have to have photographic evidence of the offence also!  As per the RTA they also have to provide the items requested in the letter.  I managed to get off a speeding fine with it.  \n\n\nIn order that I may honestly complete the required information requested on the reverse of the form, I require the photographic evidence of the alleged offence in order that I may ascertain who was driving.\n\nI will also require:-\n\n•The name of the manufacturer, including make and model and serial number of the radar or laser gun used.\n\n•Copies of the manufacturers recommended maintenance schedule for the above device.\n\n•Copies of the manufacturer’s literature as it relates to the correct use, including but not limited to, mounting, aiming, weather and traffic limitations for the device used.\n\n•A copy of the past six months maintenance records, including but not limited to calibration specifications.\n\n•Photographic evidence that the legally required notifications of speed camera use were displayed at the site being used for speeding offence detection, or a copy of the relevant legislation that states that this in not necessary.\nPlease note that attempted delivery to the address listed on your letter, as detailed above, will be considered as valid service of this document.\n\nI look forward to your prompt response.\n\n\nGood luck with it!!  I don't know about anyone else - but I have no problem with fixed speed cameras - just the nasty sneaky mobile ones - normally hidden away in an area that has no risk to pedestrians, but significant possibility for speeding without endangerment to any other road users.  GRRR nasty money making machines!!
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If he was using radar you need to state that other cars were within 100 ft of your car.\n\nAsk for calibration records for the radar gun. Ask for repair records as well as trainimng documentation for this officer.\n\nI'd also look into complaints against the officer.\n\nScrew them- if they're gonna be asses then fight it.
260297
You have a 50-50 chance if you just show up for court, because most likely the officer who wrote the ticket won't.  Another route is to request the radar gun's accuracy record (legaly the police have to send you a copy of the radar gun which "caught you").  If there have been problems or many occurences for radar gun repair, then I would guess the judge would dismiss the case.
161506
Yes.\n\n  There is a 1981 Pennsylvania law banning the practice of "directly or indirectly" suggesting that an individual police officer should issue "a certain number of traffic citations." \n\n  However, there has been an ongoing investigation in Pennsylvania for the past few years about the Pennsylvania State Police issuing quotas for their troopers to meet.  The only reason they are getting away with it is that they are calling them "averages" and "standards" to hide the fact that it is a quota.
857907
Sometime police wait until the registration information comes back from the dispatcher (we don't have computers in our cars here and have to get the dispatcher to check). Sometimes the computer is very slow and it takes a while.  The police officer may have been waiting for a safe well lit area to stop you in or may have suspected you of drunk driving and was observing your driving to see how you were doing.  He could also have been waiting for backup to get closer.  We usually don't stop vehicle unless we notify the dispatcher first, if there is lots of officers on the radio, you have to wait for airtime.  Lots of reason for not stopping you immediately.  If the officer did not lose sight of your vehicle you are out of luck.  Take it to court and see what happens.
824243
You need to check with your local courthouse/police dept
342934
Yes If they have a search warrant. It's "POLICE OFFICER search warrant" ... BAMB!! goes the front door. "HIT THE GROUND SCUM BAG" and then you best be sucking dirt!
501118
The only thing a law enforcement officer needs to pull someone over is probable cause. Probable cause is a reasonable belief based upon the totality of circumstances that a crime has or is about to take place. In other words, if a cop sees you speeding and clocks you on a radar device exceeding the speed limit, then he can stop you. If he determines that there is a reason to put you in handcuffs for safe transportation the the county detention facility, then he has to be able to articulate in court what that reason was. Harrasment only applies if you cannot be charged with a crime.
696150
No, there is no law that states a motorist must be able to see the radar gun.
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.
642295
The same as for arresting a civilian.  You call law enforcement and if you can convince them that a crime was committed and that the servicemember is likely to have committed that crime - then they will conduct the arrest.
135234
To be honest you are in trouble.  The judge will side with the cop everytime, especially with the radar gun.  Here is your best strategy......Call the cop that gave you the ticket and ask him to cut a deal with you....or wait for him in the lobby of the courthouse and plead /beg cry do whatever make up a story  ?maybe he'll give you a plea bargain.   I did this a few times,   2 of the 3 times it worked.  They charged me with a lower speed on etime instead of 75 in a 55  65 in 55,  the other time they took it from 70 in 55 to careless driving instead.  thats your only chance bud is a plea bargain.\n\n"an outside chane is this" on your ticket it says when the last date that radar device was checked for accuracy it must be checked every 30days...maybe the cop forgot that month
1115740
First of all, the police most certainly can pull you over in your driveway if they choose to.  It's not like making it to your driveway suddenly invokes some kind of "King's X" on breaking the law.  Pulling him over in the driveway has absolutely no bearing on his guilt or innocence.\n\nSounds like the officer wrote the wrong posted speed limit  on the ticket, and later sent you an amendment to the ticket, indicating what he'd amended (the posted speed).  Don't see any kind of issue with that.\n\nIf the police were following him (which is what you said), they very likely didn't have a radar reading to show him...why use radar when you're following someone?  It's certainly possible, but I suspect radar wasn't the issue here.\n\nThe "they" charging him $800 isn't the police, it's the court.  Law enforcement does not set the fines for traffic offenses, the courts do.  This has nothing to do with whether or not he should have received the ticket, so I don't know why you're mentioning it. \n\nIf your brother does not agree with the officer's assessment that he was driving 60 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone, then he should contest the ticket in court.  It will be the officer's job to prove your brother violated the speed limit and your brother can offer whatever defense he might be able to offer.  The judge makes up his mind based on what he/she hears.
504343
This is against the law in GA,  the police are not doing thier job.\n\nTell them it is GA Code 16-8-2. \nA person commits the offense of theft by taking when he unlawfully takes or, being in lawful possession thereof, unlawfully appropriates any property of another with the intention of depriving him of the property, regardless of the manner in which the property is taken or appropriated. \n\nIF they still will not, then you apply for a warrant against them in county court.  You will have to have them served and testify.  If the court accepts this, they would issue a warrant even if the police won't.