Legal Question in Business Law in California

Can a police officer speed in a business area to catch a pedestrian jaywalking?? Isnt that considered a traffic violation in itself??


Asked on 9/10/11, 9:51 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bryan Whipple Bryan R. R. Whipple, Attorney at Law

Law enforcement is immune from arrest and citation for speeding in the pursuit of official duties. Nabbing a jaywalker seems to be a minor abuse of the immunity, but I doubt that a judge will feel sympathetic unless there is more to the story.

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Answered on 9/10/11, 9:36 pm


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