Yes and no. Remember when it comes to tickets, it's really the cops word against yours. You would have to somehow PROVE that he didn't see you not yielding to the emergency vehicle. Before you think about that, consider this: Cops are NOTORIOUS for hiding EXTREMELY well, especially at night. This is usually how speeders are nailed amongst other types of violatiors. Not only that police are extremely keen in the eye, which is how they can spot someone run a stop sign or make an illegal U-Turn from what can be literally a mile away. This explains why when most people commit violations and are later caught, their complaint usually is that the cop was NOWHERE around when the alleged violation occured when they probably actually were. Depsite all this, ask yourself: Did you really fail to yield to an emergency vehicle when you could have safely pulled over? If you answer yes, MAN UP to your mistake, admit your guilt, pay the fine and move on.
NO THEYANNOT GIVE YOU A TICKET. tHEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT HAPPENED, they cannot go by hearsay. All they can legally do is tell you that someone reported the incident to them and they are giving you a verbal warning, that's all they can do.
Yes, the officer can write the ticket.
However, if you contest the citation and can prove the officer did not witness the accident/incident the judge case will be dismissed.
A dismissal would not automatically relieve the person of any civil liability.
Yes, a police officer can ticket someone who is driving recklessly even if it is on a private road. Reckless driving is a threat to public safety, and it's the duty of the officer to issue a ticket when this occurs no matter where it is.
If some other person witnessed the careless driving and tells the police officer, the officer may issue a ticket. There must be a live witness to the driving in order for it to be proved at trial. In general, the mere occurrence of an accident is not in and of itself proof of careless driving. An accident might have been caused by simple negligence or through no fault at all, but careless driving is in the nature of a criminal charge and all of its elements must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. This is not to say that some officers will not issue such a ticket even without witnesses, but that ticket should be dismissed at trial, since there can be no evidence of careless driving.
An officer can issue a citation whenever s/he has a reasonable belief that a violation of some statute has been committed. Technically speaking, an officer never needs evidence to issue a citation; s/he does, however, need an argument to present to a judge if the citation is challenged, and courts generally take a very dim view of officers who issue citations without some tangible reason, because overzealous officers put the reputation of the entire system at risk. So pragmatically speaking, officers will generally not cite you for things they don't directly see unless they have some over-arching concern (e.g., if an officer has a reasonable idea that you've been involved in a street race, he will probably cite you even if he didn't witness the race himself, because of the risks to bystanders).
Another View: (in the US) Any violation for which a citation may be issued is, by definition, a MISDEMEANOR offense.
Except in cases of certain specifically excepted misdemeanor offenses, an officer (technically) may not make an arrest, nor issue a violation notice, unless he can testify that he witnessed the offense occurring within the perception of one of his physical senses (i.e.: sight, sound, smell, touch, or hearing).
Otherwise, he may issue a summons to appear to the suspected misdemeanant and present the facts of the circumstance to the prosecutor's office for a determination if grounds exist to support an arrest or the issuance of a violation notice, or not.
There are many traffic citations issued on a daily basis. However, a cop cannot give you one of these without explaining the reason why. Even cities who want to ticket people for running red lights must make their intentions clear with signs around the intersections.
Yes. Warrants are issued in connection with traffic citations usually when the person getting the ticket fails to answer to the citation. Sometimes the identity of someone who has committed an offense is not known when the incident is investigated, or they are not present to be issued a citation. This is common in hit-and-run cases, among others. In such cases, the officer doing the investigation will request an arrest warrant after he has identified the person)s) responsible.
Yes, officers are not immune from receiving tickets (although, admittedly, it does not happen very often).
Yes they can
She was a Jehovah's Witness.
Witness Protection - album - was created on 2008-08-05.
It depends on what song, where it is being sung and the personality of the Jehovah's Witness. It is a personal choice whether or not to sing in such as setting. It would not be appropriate for a Jehovah's Witness to be singing songs that are contrary to Bible teachings. Also, it would not be appropriate for a Jehovah's Witness to be singing songs in a bar where everyone is drunk. And, if a Jehovah's Witness is very shy, they may not want to do so.
i highly doubt that they are. there not Jehovah witness because they wouldent be making shows unipropiet.
The theme music for Silent Witness is a song called "Silencium" by John Harle.
Yes for failure to appear, or contempt of court.
No, there is no such requirement in law.
Most states require you to be in physical control of the vehicle on premises open to the public for various traffic violations. However, such criminal charges like DUI, if they have probable cause to prove that you were behind the wheel of the vehicle and have now parked and walked away from it, they are legally able to stop you. This must come from a independent witness IDing you as the driver they observed or some other supportive evidence.Another View: If the officer does not lose sight of the vehicle and can testify to the fact that they observed you behind the wheel, or you are apprehended within a short timeframe, it is lawful to cite or arrest you for the unlawful operation of the vehicle.
You can call the non-emergency police line to report dangerous/defensive driving, although usually police don't do very much unless they witness the driving themselves.
Ken Deane, ex-OPP? He died in a traffic accident on Feb 25 2006
Officers do not need to see the actual crime in order to make a charge. Just as officers rarely witness the murder cases in which they make arrests, they need not witness traffic offenses if there is sufficient other evidence to support the charge. In the case where a passenger in a vehicle pulled the brake and caused and accident, a charge of careless driving is probably warranted, because the passenger's testimony that he/she operated the brake suggests that the driver was operating the vehicle in such a manner to allow the passenger to have partial control over the vehicle.
Check if they are conscious. If the person is not conscious, call (better yet have someone else call) 911 or the local emergency number.
Witnesses is plural for witness. Meaning more than 1 witness.Witnesses' is possesive. Meaning belonging toWitnesses.For example, if more than 1 person claimed to bear witness to an event, collectively you could call those people witnesses to that event.If those witnesses then collectively bought a vehicle, you could say it is the witnesses' vehicle. You would mean that the vehicle was theirs - it belongs to them.
Yes, you should do something.The first step would be to contact a trusted and reliable adult, counsellor or friend. If the person is in immediate danger of death, contact the Police immediately through your country's emergency number.Likewise, if you witness a suicide, telephone the Police through the National Emergency Number (111, 911, 000, 999, etc).
In most cases, a witness can be legally compelled to testify in a civil tort case through a subpoena. Failure to comply with a subpoena can result in legal consequences. However, there are some circumstances where a witness may have a valid legal reason to refuse to testify, such as invoking the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
The most common method of impeaching witness testimony is with a prior inconsistent statement. For example, if a bystander witness watches an accident, she will give a statement to a police officer at the scene. If she told the officer that the traffic light was red, but later testified that the light was green, her statement in the police report could be used to discredit, or impeach, her testimony.
You will need to have an attorney issue a subpoena for the phone records.