Wait... does that mean the mailman can arrest me now?gigag04 wrote:As of September fed's are now peace officers in Texas.
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- Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:16 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Border Patrol Check Point Outside El Paso
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- Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:11 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
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Geez, can you imagine getting arrested by a Dental Board Investigator? I think I might have to make up a story for retelling purposes. Kinda like how "I was an idiot and fell off my bike" became, "I was attacked by four ninjas who tried to kill me with flaming nunchuks!! Luckily, I was able to hurl myself through the sidewalk and play dead until they got bored and left."srothstein wrote:This is a very common error, but in Texas it is an error. Game wardens are full peace officers with the same authority to investigate and arrest for any violation of the laws as any other peace officer. So are school district officers, college officers, park police, airport police, water police, dental board investigators, and so on. Texas has a list of more than 35 different types of peace officers contained in Article 2.12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. With regards to authority to enforce the law, there are very few restrictions or differences between the various types. City and county officers (of certain classes) may not write traffic tickets outside of their county, and Game wardens have the extra search authority that was already posted. I cannot think of any other differences though there may be some. I would bet they are as minor as these if they do exist.smtimelevi wrote:The Dept of Parks and Wildlife may have great jurisdiction but their scope stops at Parks and Wildlife.