Why would he? I know if it were stolen then yeah so please dont respond with that. I thought I saw this happen the other day. Were my eyes playing tricks on me?
2007-05-15 18:58:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I'm sure they would stop if signaled, providing they weren't on their way to a call. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a reason to stop them.
2007-05-15 19:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, under the right circumstances. I have personally pulled over an ambulance twice for speeding when I was working for a municipal department. Both times it was returning from the hospital after a call. We had citizen complaints on the ambulances speeding through town apparently not responding to a call. In three days I stopped an ambulance twice both times at about 60mph in a 35mph zone. The driver of the second one was actually fired because he had been warned many times by supervisors for his driving.
The same would apply to a firetruck or another police car. Another reason as pointed out would be if they thought the driver had been drinking. It sounds funny but in some areas especially rural volunteer fire departments it is certainly a possibility. There have also been incidents of officers drinking while driving a police car, it happened near here a few weeks ago.
All this being said it is quite rare for an officer to pull over another emergency vehicle but it can and does happen.
2007-05-15 23:27:23 · answer #2 · answered by CountyMounty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the Fire truck has a legally issued State permit for the use of a siren and Lights and the truck is legally on its way to a fire scene, than technically no, An Officer can not pull over a truck unless probable cause exists to pull that truck over IE; A call came in from another fireman that said the driver of that truck had been drinking alcohol, or ??? With a valid State Permit for lights and a siren, an emergency vehicle is not bound by the usual state traffic ordinances and may disregard most of them while responding to an emergency call. Its the same for Police, Fire equipment and EMS vehicles, however, any accidents caused by emergency vehicles while disregarding said traffic laws and ordinances may make the departments and the individuals involved liable for a civil suit since gross negligence may exist on the part of the emergency vehicle driver..
2007-05-15 19:55:01 · answer #3 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fire trucks are bound by the law, just like everyone else.
If a fire truck is breaking the law then the police have the responsibility to pull it over.
In the same way, the police can pull over a police car (if it is breaking the law).
You didn't provide any details, for example, you didn't saw whether the fire truck was responding to an emergency or just driving down the road. Maybe the brake lights weren't working, maybe the police officers were women who like hot strong firemen.
2007-05-15 19:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the state and that states laws.
Where I live they can, but will not unless they HAVE TO!!
You see officers know that if they get hurt its going to be the fire and other EMS guys showing up to take care of them. You do not piss off the guys who are going to put you back together if you get hurt. Same reason cops do not give other cops tickets and such. There are better ways to deal with that.
What MAY have happened is the officer stopped them for some other reason than they were commiting a traffic violation (like they had a compartment door open or they left something at a scene).
2007-05-15 20:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Technically speaking, the Police would be able to pull over a fire truck. The only time when the Police wouldn't be able to do that under the law would be when the fire truck has it's sirens turned on.
In either cases, I really don't think the police would even be bothered to be pulling anyone for that matter over. ; )
2007-05-15 19:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by jaffar_ghany 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah but only for uncircumstantial reasons like if they is a brake broken on the truck like a light but if the siren is ringing then most likely the cops can only follow them to where they are going.
but it doesnt happen often because usually when someone sees a fire truck it is on an emergency so the police can just follow them..
2007-05-15 19:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by REALity. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a police officer can stop a fire truck.
2007-05-15 19:07:03 · answer #8 · answered by trueblue3167 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the police could stop a fire truck, although this is very unlikely unless there is an extreme circumstance that warrants it.
2007-05-15 19:13:54 · answer #9 · answered by PM4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES a Police Officer can pull over another Police Officer. Even if both cars are on dutie... Pretty weird... i know because my step brother got do whilst he was on dutie...
2007-05-15 20:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ain't not something you're able to do, stay at domicile or choose for a walk particularly of going 'cruising,' provided that's what gets you in difficulty is the cruising. See, the officer do not care who you're, he merely has to discover a reason to tug you over, merely simply by fact once you're cruising, in a policeman's recommendations you have to be as much as no solid (i'm not saying you have been, i'm saying in his recommendations that's the possibility), so he pulls you over simply by fact now he can inspect your license / registration / see in case you been eating etc... that is merely that ingredient, idk why, cruising makes you slot the profile of a a possibility criminal interest, so they pull you over to verify, is particularly all that is in any case. of direction that is against the regulation to tug you for 'profiling,' so they create a reason in case you ought to look at it that way, something in any respect they are in a position to work out ought to be incorrect with the vehicle... simply by fact in case you have been as much as no solid, whether the physique is legal or not makes little distinction now simply by fact it won't get you out of say a DUI... in the top the officer never wrote you a cost tag, so it ought to've been a bs reason however the officer believed it substitute into reason sufficient to tug you over. so long you have a purpose once you're using, that is nowhere close to the priority, like in case you're on your thank you to artwork or church or the food market then that is not likely you're doing something criminal, yet cruising on occasion capacity somebody is... i understand, sux, in spite of the undeniable fact that that is merely the way this international works. Peace
2016-11-23 16:36:07 · answer #11 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋