So on my way home from work I was pulled over by a Dallas Police Officer. He turned his lights on as I was traveling east on keller springs right after exiting the tollway. Long story short he said he pulled my over for going 83 in a 65 back at belt line and tollway. I noticed him behind me around belt line before exiting and slowed down ( I sped up from the left lane to get to the exit...and to vtec a lil...). He also noted my inspection was expired and my registration had just expired in June as well. I showed him documents from my lawyer for a ticket I just got a cpl weeks ago for expired inspection and explained i had some issues with the engine to tend to before i could get inspected hence the delay. He still, like a d-bag, gave me a ticket for the same offense + 2 others! On the ticket it indicates the violations at Belt line and Dallas North Tollway. I don't know if it is true or not but have heard only Texas State Troopers have jurisdiction on the toll roads. Does anyone know if this is true or not? If it is true then all the violations should be dropped, but either way my lawyer is going to have a very nice steak dinner, soon!

 

I would imagine local PD's would have jurisdiction over the toll roads just the same as on the freeways. Don't quote me, I don't know for sure, but I find it hard to imagine toll roads being the sole responsibility of State Troopers. If it is true I would be very interested to know about it (even though I don't use the toll roads very often, I hate the concept and will take a longer route to avoid them if I have the time)

 

Unfortunately it looks like the local PD's, Sheriffs Dept. and the DPS all have jurisdiction over the toll roads. Good luck on contesting your ticket, hope your lawyer has to settle for a hamburger!

 

City Police have jurisdiction over any county that the city touches, including outside of the city limits because jurisdiction is calculated by county. all sections of road in those county's are fair game for them. state troopers primary objective is regulating toll roads and state funded roads. they do not do a large amount of city traffic stops. 95% of the time they will have someone pulled over on the side of the highway... similar to CHP.

(information learned years ago when my brother went through DPD Academy... )

 

I don't see how this could be correct.

 

BTW, you really should have tried getting the inspection done, even if you knew you would fail. When you fail an inspection, they give you a "get out of jail free" pass that is good for 14 days.

 

It's how the system works sadly. My brother has the jurisdiction to arrest in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall county because the city touches all those counties. That's just how it is... we had no idea either until he went through academy.

 

Generally speaking, the state troopers are the enforcement for the tollroads, but that does not mean the city police can't ticket you.

 

Oh, well that sounds pretty different. Jurisdiction to arrest someone in a neighboring town (ie. serving a warrant) is probably very different than issuing a revenue generating traffic ticket in another town.

 

Yea it seems they can pull you over, but according to the dpd statutes they cannot use fixed radar on any portion of the tollway. To add another defensive point i will use in court he was chewing tobacco when writing me up. This evidently can b used against him saying the buzz he got may have affected his judgment of my speed since he is not allowed to use radar! Not to mention its probably against policy for an officer to use tobacco products when pulling someone over...