Out of jurisdiction police

mrkyo

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not sure how many of you live near or frequent the caledonia and eglinton to yorkdale area.
but im just gonna put this out there first. Ive been seeing two sketchy peel region police cars roaming this area...

the first time i came across them i was leaving yorkdale and they pulled a u-turn, followed me onto the allan to lawrence, across lawrence and the split at dufferin.

yesterday and the day before i spotted the same two.. exact cars (tell by the plates) sitting at the corner of caledonia and schell in that office parking lot across from the hilroy buildings.

question 1: can they actually do anything since they are really out of their jurisdiction?
question 2: should it be reported cause its either they're fake or realllly fishing for something
 
Answer 1: Yes, they can. This isn't TV where they can't pursue or charge across state lines.

Answer 2: Police cars are GPS tracked. Dispactch knws where the cars are and the officers have called in a status. You can call it in if you like, they'll thank you for your call.
 
police in Ontario can police anywhere in Ontario.

Not strictly true, there are jurisdiction issues that one can bring up in court. I remember very recently my uncle was pulled over by OPP, but the ticket was thrown out because the cop (new I guess) handed out a ticket for the wrong jurisdiction since he was from the next detachment over.

As far as criminal charges, there is generally no jurisdictional issues brought up if say you flee from 'Sauga to T.O. and get busted by Peel. OPP does in fact have jurisdiction in all of Ontario though. Even transit cops can stop and detain you off of TTC property for anything criminal.

As far as reporting them, you can call in to the non-emerg number for Peel or TPS and let them know, but I'm willing to bet that they're aware the cars are there.
 
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Not strictly true, there are jurisdiction issues that one can bring up in court. I remember very recently my uncle was pulled over by OPP, but the ticket was thrown out because the cop (new I guess) handed out a ticket for the wrong jurisdiction since he was from the next detachment over.

As far as criminal charges, there is generally no jurisdictional issues brought up if say you flee from 'Sauga to T.O. and get busted by Peel. OPP does in fact have jurisdiction in all of Ontario though. Even transit cops can stop and detain you off of TTC property for anything criminal.

As far as reporting them, you can call in to the non-emerg number for Peel or TPS and let them know, but I'm willing to bet that they're aware the cars are there.

Id like to see that court case. OPP are provinical. They can hand out a ticket pretty near anywhere, as there is no boundary for them ( or jurisdication in your words)
 
Not strictly true, there are jurisdiction issues that one can bring up in court. I remember very recently my uncle was pulled over by OPP, but the ticket was thrown out because the cop (new I guess) handed out a ticket for the wrong jurisdiction since he was from the next detachment over.

As far as criminal charges, there is generally no jurisdictional issues brought up if say you flee from 'Sauga to T.O. and get busted by Peel. OPP does in fact have jurisdiction in all of Ontario though. Even transit cops can stop and detain you off of TTC property for anything criminal.

As far as reporting them, you can call in to the non-emerg number for Peel or TPS and let them know, but I'm willing to bet that they're aware the cars are there.

This sounds more like the case where the officer wrote a ticket with a wrong court on it. If he was in Toronto but gave a ticket that required the person to appear before the court in Peel, there could be an issue.

As for the police officers themselves, all Provincial Constables are police officers in and for the province of Ontario, regardless of where they are. A Toronto cop could give you a ticket in Wawa if he wanted. Perfectly legal.
 
They're there for a reason, likely working on something with TPS. You don't need to report it to anyone.
 
Id like to see that court case. OPP are provinical. They can hand out a ticket pretty near anywhere, as there is no boundary for them ( or jurisdication in your words)

This sounds more like the case where the officer wrote a ticket with a wrong court on it. If he was in Toronto but gave a ticket that required the person to appear before the court in Peel, there could be an issue.

That's exactly what happened, sorry if I said it funny. Paralegal said the prosecutor didn't put up much of a fight.
 
So whatever happened to "tps can't chase you on the dvp past 401"?


ofcourse they can, toronto goes upto steeles anyway.
'macs' example was likely the court issue, tickets have a number on top of them which says which court they go to, or could be the officer wrote down the wrong area.
 
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