whats the difference between a state tropper and any other police man or sheriff?
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is there a difference?
whats the difference between a state tropper and any other police man or sheriff?
In what regards?
Re: is there a difference?
There is but I do not know the specifics, basicly it goes something like this...Originally Posted by RDman7
trooper>state>local sherrif>local PD
The state may superceed the trooper I am not sure, again this is a crude discription.
It is very simple:
STATE Trooper: Jurisdiction anywhere in the given state.
Sheriff: Jurisdiction anywhere in a given county.
Local(City): Jurisdiction confined to the local(city) limits.
There is County LEO, which can patrol the county..generally they have the county name on the side. They work within only the counties limits.
State Troopers can like others have said patrol the entire state and issue tickets.
City LEO have jurisdiction only to the city. they can't issue tickets outside of the city.
Local Sheriff and boys in blue are not traffic police generally..they deal with your regular crimes like theft and 911 type stuff. Traffic enforcement officers are generally kept separate from regular PD.
It's easy to spot the difference by looking in the windows of the cars to see if they have radar Diodes mounted or not.
In Henrico County, VA...
The county sheriff doesn't give out traffic tickets or has a "beat". They only do administrative stuff with the justice system (courts, jails, etc) Then you have the Henrico County police, that do all the police work (traffic, police calls, etc)
In Powhatan, VA
The sheriff dept does everything, including traffic and police calls.
:wink:
We had a felony judge here throw out a ticket from a county Deputy becasue the ticket was given in a city within the county. She went on recrod saying, "They are not authorized to give such a ticket." :shock: :roll:
She....shocker there, later recanted and said she made a mistake. Now she is chief Judge.... :? :? :?
Is there state police that are not specifically troopers... I could have swaorn I saw a crusier marked state police and was definietly not the same as a regular state trooper.
Aslo come to mind there are DOT police that can bust your ass, the state police car I saw was not DOT just FYI.
:shock: :shock: How did she become chief judge? :shock: :shock::wink:
We had a felony judge here throw out a ticket from a county Deputy becasue the ticket was given in a city within the county. She went on recrod saying, "They are not authorized to give such a ticket." :shock: :roll:
She....shocker there, later recanted and said she made a mistake. Now she is chief Judge.... :? :? :?
I mean her lack of knowledge is pretty much something that is stock basic stuff in any form of law enforcement/criminal justice (which she obviously didnt know). :shock: :shock:
State DEC. officer(s).
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