Police Jurisdiction

[jonbeeza]

I was going over a bridge in Cheshire earlier on, and the speed limit was 60mph. I was a few cars behind a Police car with HEDDLU on it, so obviously a Welsh police vehicle.
The police car was doing a little under 60. I was thinking probably what the other drivers were thinking, and that was would a Welsh Police car stop you on a Cheshire road.

A motorbike obviously wanted to find out, as he opened up the bike and went for it. The police car chased after him and stopped him. I know Police Jurisdiction has been mentioned before, on this forum. But I suppose a speeding ticket would still be possible, regardless of the police issuing a ticket outside their region.

Also, if the motorcyclist was doing such a speed it warranted him to appear in court, would he have to attend a Cheshire or Welsh court? Just something I have often wondered about, not that I would ever travel at such speeds of course,

 

[john.margetts]

English and Welsh police officers have full powers throughout England and Wales, on and off duty - Scotland is a bit different.

If you get a court hearing, you attend your local court. If the biker comes from Cornwall, that will be a court in Cornwall.

 

[jonbeeza]

English and Welsh police officers have full powers throughout England and Wales, on and off duty - Scotland is a bit different.

If you get a court hearing, you attend your local court. If the biker comes from Cornwall, that will be a court in Cornwall.

Thanks for the info.

The Welsh police car was probably visiting the area on some sort of incident, or checking on someone who had been in their area, and obviously not policing the roads of Cheshire.

 

[munch]

I can remember being in a cafe in Connor Quays when an area patrol car pulled in and one of the officers was in a Cheshire constabulary uniform and the other in a North Wales uniform.

 

[jonbeeza]

The part of Cheshire were I live, borders on Merseyside, and not too far from Greater Manchester Police, so quite often see those other regions police vehicles floating about.

 

[Tigger.ufo]

The part of Cheshire were I live, borders on Merseyside, and not too far from Greater Manchester Police, so quite often see those other regions police vehicles floating about.

Probably because criminals don't tend to stay in one police region ...

 

[Jelster]

Probably because criminals don't tend to stay in one police region ...

If you ever watch "Police Interceptors" you'd know that Police units will go over county borders quite often, whether that is due to a pursuit, to get from A to B, or even to carry out a warrant for something that happened on their own patch. With the digital radio systems we now have, it's just a channel change to go from one force to another.

 

[munch]

When I was interviewed after the photographer and his friends were killed on the Jim Clark Rally, the police that interviewed us came down (to Yorkshire) in a fully marked-up Scottish police car.