ifa cop is on his regular car, can he give a ticket? or can he meke a report of you?
2006-10-17 11:09:26 · 18 answers · asked by lil dog 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
he was not on work hours
2006-10-17 11:10:19 · update #1
no because he is not on duty but he might call a nother cop on his radio that is on duty and might find you and give you aa ticket
2006-10-17 11:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by ilya2006@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the jurisdiction, each dept has their own policies, as a general rule most depts discourage it because of the fact that predators often pretend to be cops to get their victims to pull over. A single young woman should NEVER pull over for an unmarked car, if he's a real cop he'll get a marked patrol car to make the stop.....as to your question, yea, it is legal, a good lawyer can take care of it easy enough.
2006-10-18 02:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by ciafuture9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he's not in a police car he'll call someone he know's and tail you and get the license plate until the other cop shows up to take care of the rest. But if he is still in his police car he can still give you a ticket on or off duty it doesn't matter.
2006-10-17 19:27:41 · answer #3 · answered by Wolf_28 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the jurisdiction, each dept has their own policies, as a general rule most depts discourage it because of the fact that predators often pretend to be cops to get their victims to pull over. A single young woman should NEVER pull over for an unmarked car, if he's a real cop he'll get a marked patrol car to make the stop.....as to your question, yea, it is legal, a good lawyer can take care of it easy enough.
2006-10-17 18:32:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You mean it's an off-duty officer that gives someone a traffic ticket. He can do it. Many departments, depending on size and rigidity of department policy, may discourage it. But as to whether the officer can do it or not, he can. He has law enforcement powers 24/7.
2006-10-17 19:04:37 · answer #5 · answered by nothing 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the ticket? the police on the job 24 hours day, and if local police departments getting bitched at from city hall to raise funds. The police cars start pulling over for stupid violations to increase revenue like tail light broken, and speed traps set up where it doesn't count on driving record its more a money maker ticket, and it depends on the location the police are in. If city hall de-links revenue for ticket the police-car does pull over for more apporaite violations like excessive speed, excessive noise things that disturb the public safety. Finally, a wealthy community cops more looking for real violations instead of piss ones. The police officer just doing his or her job pulling you over for things 90% of the time, and you run a stop sign you deserve the carnival lights approaching in your rear-view mirror.
2006-10-17 18:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by ram456456 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because they are off duty doesnt mean they wont stop you. You hear about off duty cops doing things all the time.
A cop is a cop, and if you were breaking the law then you got what you got.
2006-10-17 20:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by br3ttxxx 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AN officer is an officer 24/7 and has all the powers of one on duty.
2006-10-17 19:57:07 · answer #8 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he can. As said before, he is on duty 24 hours.
2006-10-17 19:59:31 · answer #9 · answered by Ceci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cops are never off duty; they're just off shift.
2006-10-17 18:20:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋