What warrants a deput from one county to cross into another county to
issue a DWI to someone when the deputy told me to leave a public
wildlife access area? When I asked him why he stopped me he said that
he had smelled alcohol on me earlier at the public park.

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 02 Dec 2002 11:34 PST

What state and counties did this occur in?

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Request for Question Clarification by alienintelligence-ga on 02 Dec 2002 23:15 PST

Hi guessman...

Sorry to hear of your situation.

I believe the issue you are concerned about is
touched upon lightly in this article:
[ http://www.sierratimes.com/02/06/26/sheriff.htm ]
"As Sheriff, can you explain where county jurisdiction ends, and
state and federal jurisdiction begins?" The easy answer would be that
the Sheriff's jurisdiction ends at the county line, however, this is
not always the case. Most western Sheriff's are full service law
enforcement providers, that means they do Civil, Correction (Jail),
and Patrol and Investigations. They also, by law in Oregon, must
attend to the courts. Oregon has another law that gives any law
enforcement officer authority anywhere in the state, no matter if
they are city, county, or state officers. So the Sheriff enforces
state and county laws, not federal law or city ordinances. However,
by law the Sheriff is the highest ranking law enforcement officer in
the county, or top cop if you like. This means he answers to no one
but the people who put him in office."

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So, as TarHeel inquired, your locality will
determine the ultimate answer but more than
likely you will find the same basic set of
laws in place where you are at. 

-AI