Do cops legally have to have their red and blues flashing if...

[Big Dave]

Mwahahaha...and the urban myth lives on...

What would you know. We're talking about Police who wear clothes here.

[Ixion]

Mwahahaha...and the urban myth lives on...

That part is not urban myth, it is law

Any constable who stops a vehicle under subsection (1) must— (a) be wearing a uniform or distinctive cap, hat, or helmet with a badge of authority affixed to that cap, hat, or helmet; or (b) be following immediately behind the vehicle in a motor vehicle displaying flashing blue lights, or flashing blue and red lights, and sounding a siren.

Of course, it does not say that the hat must be on the officers head. He might , in some cases :wink: :wink: hang it frm his cock.

[red mermaid]

The authority to stop vehicles for traffic offences is found in the Land Transport Act, not the Crimes Act.

[Max Preload]

Of course, it does not say that the hat must be on the officers head. He might , in some cases :wink: :wink: hang it frm his cock.

It'd have to be a pretty shallow hat for that to work.

[Ixion]

The authority to stop vehicles for traffic offences is found in the Land Transport Act, not the Crimes Act.

The Crimes Act seems to imagine that it confers a power to stop

General power to stop vehicles
(1) Any constable may stop a vehicle for the purpose of conducting a search under a statutory search power if the constable is satisfied that,—
(a) in respect of a statutory search power to search without a warrant, the ground or grounds, as the case may be, for exercising that statutory search power, as set out in the applicable statute, exist; or
(b) in respect of a statutory search power to search with a warrant, the warrant has been issued and is in force.

But, I'm sure you rewrite the legislation to suit your own purpose.

[Usarka]

Mwahahaha...and the urban myth lives on...

So you deny it?????? I feel the need to..................

[SMOKEU]

What if the officer is a biker cop? Do they have to take their helmet off and put a hat on then?

[Ixion]

See my point below. Helmet on head, hat on cock, sorted

[marty]

Happened to a mate of mine. Said ha ha you weren't wearing your hat and sped off. Cop chased him, put his hat on and ticketed him for the speeding and for loss of traction when he sped off.

The requirement for a hat went out with the MOT in 1992. A constable (every sworn cop including the commisioner) only has to produce ID, if not in uniform.

[marty]

He does have to identify himself as a police officer, and the hat is a method that will hold in a court of law. He might have other methods but I do not know if they are fully watertight. The hat is a legal ID.

Steve

Link please.

[Fatjim]

Two things are certain in this world.

1. DB will make a cock of himself.
2. Tank won't be far behind.

[Forest]

The Crimes Act seems to imagine that it confers a power to stop


But, I'm sure you rewrite the legislation to suit your own purpose.

Did you bother to read the legislation you quoted?

The Crimes Act confers the right to stop traffic for the purposes of a statutory search.

The Land Transport Act confers the right to stop the traffic for traffic offenses.

[peasea]

The requirement for a hat went out with the MOT in 1992. A constable (every sworn cop including the commisioner) only has to produce ID, if not in uniform.

Which brings us back to the problem of the copper being naked. What then? How can you carry ID if you're starkers? I know of one case where a naked cop made an arrest while naked; where was the ID that night? Is this a case of unlawful detention?

[red mermaid]

My point exactly 'Forest' when i made my earlier post but then Ixion thinks he knows it all and can't be told and usually finishs with an insult.

I would love to know the occupations of 'some' people on here so I can tell them how to do their job without knowing a single thing about it.

Did you bother to read the legislation you quoted?

The Crimes Act confers the right to stop traffic for the purposes of a statutory search.

The Land Transport Act confers the right to stop the traffic for traffic offenses.

[Ixion]

Did you bother to read the legislation you quoted?

The Crimes Act confers the right to stop traffic for the purposes of a statutory search.

The Land Transport Act confers the right to stop the traffic for traffic offenses.

Quitep so. And your point is? The original quote was in response to the suggestion that the "officer wearing a hat" was an 'urban myth' . The Crimes Act specifically references a provision for a constable to stop a vehicle whilst wearing a hat . So, not a myth.

It was the scaley gentlewomen who introduced the extra, tangential and irrelevant argument as to traffic.