chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> From the
href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/jurisdicti
> on-and-authority.htm">U.S. Park Police Web
> site:
The U.S. Park Police are
> located in 3 geographical areas in the United
> States and are able to effect an arrest without a
> warrant in any unit of the National Park System,
> the District of Columbia, and the environs of the
> District of Columbia “… defined as embracing
> Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and
> Stafford counties and the City of Alexandria in
> Virginia...
Since they have full
> arrest powers, this includes the power to issue
> citations, because there's times that hauling your
> stupid ass to jail is a bigger pain in the butt
> than they want to deal with.
>
> They even have a sample citation at
>
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/images/cfr-ticke
> t.jpg
>
> Of course, a citation is technically a courtesy,
> and if you act like a big enough shithead when
> they give you one, I'm pretty sure they'll have no
> reservations about kicking your ass and bundling
> you off to the D.C. Jail, where you'll meet all
> sorts of interesting people.
A few years ago I was stopped for speeding (roughly 50 in a 25, passing people, being a jerk) by a US Park Police Officer. He gave me a very stern lecture and said the only reason I was not getting a ticket is that he didn't have time to come all the way out here for court.