Can a college campus police officer that is not employed by the county give citations for that county?
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Can a college campus police officer that is not employed by the county give citations for that county?
Can police officers give citations for events that happened on private property? I was given a citation for running a stop sign on private property at a community college in the parking lot by a campus police officer. I was however given a citation for the county.
Asked on April 16, 2011 under General Practice, Texas
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
What you are asking is what is the "jurisdiction" of the campus police and how far reaching is it. By any chance were you near Central Texas College? The campus police on that college campus have jurisdiction not only over the campus area but two counties around the campus area. So they can indeed give a ticket that is from the county and not just for an incident that takes place on the college campus. So if the county allows it then they can indeed write you up for offenses that take place adjacent to the campus property itself. So I would take the ticket seriously and look to fight it the same way you would a ticket from a "regular" police officer.
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