DPS Jurisdiction

FivepointOH · 02-12-2003, 12:55 PM

Am I correct in thinking that the dps are limited to state and national highways and aren't supposed to be in town giving tickets. There is one sitting on campus clocking and giving people tickets here at my school and I was just wondering.

MEDIK418 · 02-12-2003, 04:43 PM

A good freind of mine who also happens to be a DPS trooper told me once that he is sworn to uphold the laws of the state of Texas. . . . and that includes any roadway in it, city or not.
Funny thing though, a sherrif's department (in Texas) can only have two officers assigned to traffic duty at any given time.

02-12-2003, 12:55 PM	#1
FivepointOH Registered Member Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: Sugar Land, Tx USA Posts: 478	DPS Jurisdiction Am I correct in thinking that the dps are limited to state and national highways and aren't supposed to be in town giving tickets. There is one sitting on campus clocking and giving people tickets here at my school and I was just wondering. __________________ 92 AOD GT, K&N, ram air, pulleys, 2 ch. flowmasters, 4:10's, shift kit, 1 5/8 mac longtubes and offroad hpipe 14.249 @ 97.34 Lakewood 90/10's and 50/50's

02-12-2003, 04:43 PM	#2
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	A good freind of mine who also happens to be a DPS trooper told me once that he is sworn to uphold the laws of the state of Texas. . . . and that includes any roadway in it, city or not. Funny thing though, a sherrif's department (in Texas) can only have two officers assigned to traffic duty at any given time. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.