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Can Ca Highway Patrol give tickets in NV

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I was returning to Ca via hwy 88 in Minden. I passed a couple people towing campers going 55. I was doing 65. Right at the state line was a Ca Highway patrol car. He never came after me.

Wondering if I was doing 80 then hit the brakes at the state line could he ticket me?
 
CHP has no jurisdiction in Nevada.
 
There's that whole "pursuit" thing, but I don't know who gets the collar. If you were doing 80 in CA and crossed over into NV, they can follow. I think.
 
berth said:
There's that whole "pursuit" thing, but I don't know who gets the collar. If you were doing 80 in CA and crossed over into NV, they can follow. I think.
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Not just pursuit, but in "hot pursuit" (active) CHP can chase/continue into Nevada. When a Nevada unit gets in position, they'll usually back off and trail- letting Nevada take over the pursuit. Nevada can do the same coming into CA.
 
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I've seen CHP officers writing tickets in Yuma, AZ on I-8. I think the rule is that if they spot the infraction on their side of the border they can enforce it on the other side just fine.
 
Tally Whacker said:
I've seen CHP officers writing tickets in Yuma, AZ on I-8. I think the rule is that if they spot the infraction on their side of the border they can enforce it on the other side just fine.
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That's because it's an Interstate and gives them federal powers. :laughing

There must have been some TV show where that's how they'd get out of arrest...
 
But the OP's question was about a speed violation that occurred in Nevada, right before the state line. In that scenario I'd say no, CHP could not enforce that.

Potentially a violation right over the border could draw their attention to the vehicle, and maybe with that extra attention they find some violation to stop for on the California side. Most likely they won't care. It's not like California freeways don't have enough 80+ MPH drivers on them.

There could be other reasons for a stop just into state lines. A Nevada agency could have sent a BOL for a stolen vehicle headed that way, etc.
 
NorCalBusa said:
Not just pursuit, but in "hot pursuit" (active) CHP can chase/continue into Nevada. When a Nevada unit gets in position, they'll usually back of and trail- letting Nevada take over the pursuit. Nevada can do the same coming into CA.
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Been through this scenario except it was not I or my riding partners the CHP/NHP were looking for. NHP waiting on the side of the road for us (well not us) and then they pulled out in front of us blocking and slowing us down to well below the speed limit. Another NVP on the side of the road turned around behind us so we were captured and we were slowed to a crawl. One more NHP was sitting on the side of the road and he gave us the stink eye as we passed another LEO. He looked at each one of use very closely and then they pulled off as we rolled into town. A major :wtf was going on. We got the low down later that they were after a different bike/rider.

Good times! :laughing :nchantr
 
The only two areas I am familiar with where a peace officer from California can issue a citation for a violation observed in another state in the state of California is Lake Tahoe, Topaz Lake, and the Colorado River (and lakes that are a part of or established by the Colorado River). There are some additional stipulations such as the crime has to be established in common between both states. (Reference Penal Code sections 853.2 and 853.4).

Although the original post was for CHP some state peace officers (Fish and Wildlife) also are deputized as US Fish and Wildlife agents, and would be able to enforce federal violations observed across state lines.
 
budman said:
Been through this scenario except it was not I or my riding partners the CHP/NHP were looking for. NHP waiting on the side of the road for us (well not us) and then they pulled out in front of us blocking and slowing us down to well below the speed limit. Another NVP on the side of the road turned around behind us so we were captured and we were slowed to a crawl. One more NHP was sitting on the side of the road and he gave us the stink eye as we passed another LEO. He looked at each one of use very closely and then they pulled off as we rolled into town. A major :wtf was going on. We got the low down later that they were after a different bike/rider.

Good times! :laughing :nchantr
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Hooligans that we are...
 
berth said:
Guess the secret high desert testing center wasn't as secret as some may have hoped.
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Pole Line Road is, and likely always will be, a veritable LEO ghost town. No one wants to be on that road for any longer than they absolutely have to be.
 
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