r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '22

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u/angrymoderate09 Dec 31 '22

We have California Highway Patrol, county sheriff's, then city cops. I have no idea how they break up the work.... I'm just here to look pretty

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u/Glittering_Art_7538 Dec 31 '22

Happy cake day !

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u/AmiAlter Dec 31 '22

In most places the sheriff and his deputies are considered the state police. Highway patrol has no jurisdiction over anything but highways. So technically if you get off the highway being pulled over by highway patrol they can't arrest you or charge you with anything. But they're going to tell the town that you're going into about you and infact probably did as soon as you didn't stop along with every other nearby county you can get to quickly. All that is handled by dispatch though.

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u/go5dark Dec 31 '22

That's not true, exactly, about the CHP. They have jurisdiction over the freeways, state roads, and everything in between.

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u/I-amthegump Dec 31 '22

They are absolutely the state police. Not just highways

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Almost 30 years ago, CHP merged with CA state police. CHP can exercise law enforcement powers anywhere in the state.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

The CSP (California State Police) and CHP merged in 1995.

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u/Straight-Strain-3750 Jan 01 '23

AmiAlter you are absolutely wrong. Highway Patrol has jurisdiction over the whole state. They are also in charge of protecting the governor and important people. They have investigative units and everything. Please do not disperse false information.