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It will probably go away like that confrontation between the ambulance and the cop en route to a call. Not as exciting video though. Cop on cop action.

*snicker*
And these people are suppose to protect us?
Jr High students act more mature.

Actually Colwyn (pop. about 2,500, 0.3 sq mi) and Darby (pop about 10,000, 0.8 sq mi) are both boroughs not counties. They are both in Delaware County (pop about 560,000, 191 sq mi). Up north we have somewhat different political subdivisions than what they have in the south so it's easy to get confused just as it was when I first moved to the south and found out I didn't live in a county because I lived in a city. Pennsylvania only has 67 counties but has 2,565 local goverments. Not all the local goverments have police forces, most do not.

Here, in PA the are counties are divided into Cities, Boroughs and Townships and there is always a more local government than the county because all the land is incorporated into something other than the county. The counties still have sheriffs but the job of the deputies is to transport prisoners for the most part. The sheriff is still elected and he still runs the jails. His office or the Prosecutors office might have special investigators for things like murders or the state police might be called in.

Gov Christie in NJ (all the land in NJ is also incorporated to a more local form of government as well, they have cities, boroughs, towns, villages and townships) wants to get rid of the local police forces in that state, there are about 500 of them, and have only 13 county police forces. I think when they added that into the story it got confusing to someone not familiar with how things are divided up north.

BTW I live in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, PA but my mailing address lists my city as Stroudsburg, PA.

Cops that are in a squad car, or even off duty are still cops, and their testimony and paperwork will still be allowed in court. a jurisdictional pissing contest that makes the police chief look like a jerk must be a nice break from the monotony of living in PA.

The only thing missing from that video is Benny Hill music running in the background.

i live down in south florida, a friend was telling me that all the police in FLA. could now legally stop anyone, no matter where they were, and give someone a traffic ticket.

this is why i am sure i am right and he is wrong. when cops have that right, who gets the money, they are all giving traffic tickets and they dont want any other police dept. to have that right.

if your out of your jurisdiction, then you cannot legally give a traffic ticket i say! and this story is exactly why!

GUY: i know who BENNY HILL was, thats was some funny stuff. i miss it, havent seen any BH in years.

"Santa Monica? A little out of your jurisdiction, aren't you?"
"We're all UPU-2 now" - Officer Roland Taverner, from Southland Tales.

P.S. Directly after this, the jurisdictional squabbler shoots and kills two innocent actors in a house, on camera, and then steals the camera. how apropos.

Just goes to show its not about right or wrong but power and control

In NM municipal officers are limited to within city limits except in two circumstances: They have been issued a special deputy card by the county sheriff or they are in "fresh pursuit". The agency of record for any particular location has the final authority, though it often refuses to "interfere" with a larger municipal department for political reasons. We have seen sheriffs sued for things municipal cops did outside city limits. Dona Ana county paid a huge settlement for a roadblock set by Las Cruces PD on interstate 10. A family died and the jury found the police at fault. Both departments had to pay. The sheriff (Ray Storment) at the time revoked the cards as a result, leaving the city cops with half the population living outside of their reach. City cops were mad at the SO for years after Ray left office.

The law is the same for university police. They will often have deputy cards otherwise they are restricted to university property.

The deputy cards are generally issued unless there is a problem between the agencies (as mentioned above). Deputies however have authority everywhere in the county. They can arrest within city limits as well as outside. This is all well stated in court law, but a lot of people including some cops and even judges seem confused.