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MD2595 wrote:

marksiwel wrote:

trdvet wrote: How is that an overstepping of power?

The "School" police should have jurisdiction in, the school, and maybe a mile within the school.
But giving them power in almost every COUNTY in Texas? Too much. But thats just one mans opinion.

You sound totally paranoid with that statement. I wouldn't worry about it until I heard about the abuse of such authority.

roberts wrote:

srothstein wrote:Schools need police because we have criminals in school and as parents. They prefer to have an officer on campus.

srothstein wrote:When we talk about what is the jurisdiction of these officers, we are really asking where they are allowed to write traffic tickets. For everything else, all cops in the state have the same authority statewide.

That makes Mark's point even stronger that school police jurisdiction should be the campus and adjacent streets. They can arrest for felonies and class A/B misd anywhere in Texas so restricting their jurisdiction doesn't limit their power to protect the school, the students and the employees. But it sounds like they're not doing that if they're giving someone a traffic ticket for cutting across a nightclub parking lot on the other side of the county.

sjfcontrol wrote:

marksiwel wrote:
The "School" police should have jurisdiction in, the school, and maybe a mile within the school.
But giving them power in almost every COUNTY in Texas? Too much. But thats just one mans opinion.

Why does a school need ANY police? And especially why should they have any power once off school property?

Why don't schools just use the regular police? (Or are school cops kinda like Paul Blart -- mall cop? )

trdvet wrote: How is that an overstepping of power?

gigag04 wrote:Mr. Roth - I was finding the same in looking through the PC, GC, and CCP. That's as far as I could look with the time I had.

I know my friends that work A&M's UPD have jurisdiction in any county that Texas A&M holds property...which is all but like 3 counties in the state I believe. That makes them like state police of sorts...almost.

boomerang wrote:

srothstein wrote:Yes, it is illegal to cut across private property to avoid an intersection. And technically, even to drive across the parking lot of another business as was done by the OP.

Transportation Code Section 545.423. CROSSING PROPERTY.
(a) An operator may not cross a sidewalk or drive through a driveway, parking lot, or business or residential entrance without stopping the vehicle.
(b) An operator may not cross or drive in or on a sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, or business or residential entrance at an intersection to turn right or left from one highway to another highway.

It seems it's also illegal to lock your keys in your car.

Sec. 545.404. Unattended Motor Vehicle.
An operator may not leave the vehicle unattended without:
(1) stopping the engine;
(2) locking the ignition;
(3) removing the key from the ignition;
(4) setting the parking brake effectively; and
(5) if standing on a grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.

ninemm wrote:None, really. I only mentioned it becuase the Dallas officer implied to me that the only reason I was stopped was because the Duncanville offcer assumed I was Hispanic and/or a lawn maintenance contractor (with all the rights and privileges thererunto appertaining).