In Ohio, can a city police officer ticket a speeder outside of their own county?

Question

The offense was committed and observed outside of the county. The officer then pursued the individual outside of the home county and issued the tick outside of the county.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this is not "The Dukes of Hazzard" a county line is not meant to stop or confine the Police. Law Enforcement officers ARE able AND SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED to cite and stop crime anywhere within their own state. I would imagine that it was a fairly serious offense if that Officer felt compelled to act on the offense.

Can I ask a serious question? If you were held at gun point, would you want that Officer to drive by and say "screw it, it's not MY county" and leave?

Answer 2

Generally, yes. There may be state law that allows inter-jurisdictional enforcement actions, although I am not 100% sure. Often the citing officer will also [attempt] contact with the jurisdiction that the citation will be made in as a matter of courtesy, but is not always the case. Also, in my personal experience, officers are less likely to appear at a hearing for an issue that arose outside of their jurisdiction. =P

What department did this officer work for? (Municiple PD, County Sherriff, Highway Patrol?) Might help others respond more accurately to your question.

Best of luck! Quit speeding.

Answer 3

I live on a street that is a county border in Northern Ohio, My side of the street is one county, and the other side is a different county. We have trouble with people driving recklessly down my street because there are never any cops on it...It's almost like the police don't know who's jurisdiction it is, so eh..they don't come on it. A cop could be trailing me, and $hit you not..if I turn on my street, it's like a safe zone, they keep driving.

I can't say for sure or not if in a situation like the one you described they are aloud to pursue, I imagine they would need some kind of permission from the county they are trying to infiltrate. I also imagine fellow cops covering for them and saying they gave permission...I don't know....Good luck

Answer 4

i'm unsure the place you're so i visit apply the State of South Carolina as my occasion provided that I stay right here. officers jurisdictions cut back the place they are able to enforce site visitors rules. besides the undeniable fact that small cities oftentimes signed agreements with different small cities which grant officers from those 2 jurisdictions equivalent authority in the two cities. the administrative of Police can enter into those agreements. a sparkling regulation replace into surpassed in this state some years in the past to combat drugs in the time of city limits and county limits.

Answer 5

If law enforcement has that kind of agreement with it's boarding states, he may be able to do that. It use to be that a ticket gotten in NY. didn't mean dirt in CT. As kids we use to throw a NY. ticket out the window on the GW Bridge coming back to CT. Now we get fined in both states, and points on your lic. no matter if your from NY, or from CT. or which direction is home. Check with the motor vehicle dept. they'll know.

Answer 6

If they couldn't, they would just call that city, and have one of their own write the ticket. If I was the cop, I'd be pissed, and I would do more than a speeding ticket. There would be a safety inspection done on your vehicle, and I'd make sure it took a very long time to do it. Your attitude would make things really bad for you.

Answer 7

Most of the counties have mutual agreements with others to have jurisdiction in the surrounding counties.

Answer 8

Yes an officer in any state can write a ticket in any part of their state and most states allow officers to travel into their state to complete actions

Answer 9

Sounds like Ohio to me.