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re: Louisiana State Trooper Jurisdiction
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:20 am to tigersownall
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:20 am to tigersownall
quote:Are they allowed to? Yes.
Under normal circumstances are troopers allowed to patrol and write tickets in residential neighborhoods etc?
Is it normal? No
Usually local PD would handle that, but even then they're probably only sending a traffic patrol to a residential neighborhood if they've been getting calls from residents complaining about speeders in the 'hood and requesting a patrol be sent out.
If I had to guess, a resident in the neighborhood is related to or close friends with someone at LSP and used that connection to get a trooper sent to patrol.
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Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:22 am to nitwit
Ah I might have missed the intent of his question. That answer is definitely “it depends” but typically highways and interstates.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:32 am to nitwit
This all changes when there is a gunfight
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In some cities, the police departments are territorial and don't seem to want state troopers or sheriff's deputies patrolling. They would rather state police handle traffic on interstates and coordinate with sheriffs in rural areas.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:36 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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the law enforcement academy
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:39 am to nitwit
This is exactly what I meant.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:42 am to tigersownall
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This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:48 am to tigersownall
It ranges from Karl Malone to Steven Segal.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:48 am to tigersownall
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been seeing them a lot in thibodaux in areas that are usually patrolled by city pd.
sounds like the local government called them in...or there's something going on with the local LEO...
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:49 am to tigersownall
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Well of course. I’ve just been seeing them a lot in thibodaux in areas that are usually patrolled by city pd.
Troop NOLA ain't paying for itself.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 9:55 am to cheobode
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, he isn't the most pleasant individual.
State police rarely are
Posted on 7/22/24 at 10:21 am to tigersownall
Really not being a smartass here, but the answer is in their title.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 10:34 am to yellowfin
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State police rarely are
My dad's first cousin is a retired trooper. He's cool now, but back then he was a total dick.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 10:36 am to tigersownall
State police’s primary jurisdiction is the interstate, but they can enforce the law anywhere in Louisiana.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 10:37 am to cheobode
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My dad's first cousin is a retired trooper. He's cool now, but back then he was a total dick.
LA state police has had some bad publicity lately, but I always thought of them as the ones you wanted to interact with the least. They were also supposed to be the sharpest and most squared away.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:00 am to tigersownall
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As a kid I remember only seeing them on state highways and interstates now it seems like they patrol wherever they want.
They only write wrecks on state highways outside of municipality limits (unless requested by the municipality inside the limits). They are commissioned to perform traffic stops on any public street.
Edit: Did you try to bully a state trooper and tell him he couldn't write you a ticket on a surface street?
This post was edited on 7/22/24 at 11:01 am
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:04 am to DeafJam73
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They were also supposed to be the sharpest and most squared away.
they do require the most Education..When I was testing for them, it was College Education and/or equivalent time in the Miliary..
I think the Military only ones tend to have the bad image
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:13 am to GrammarKnotsi
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they do require the most Education..When I was testing for them, it was College Education and/or equivalent time in the Miliary..
There are a lot of politics at play, too. If you don’t know someone who’s already in, it’s really hard to get in. I applied once, and there were guys on their 3rd attempt with previous LEO experience and military experience.
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I think the Military only ones tend to have the bad image
They tend to be overly heavy handed. Not always, but I think a lot of them have a habit of sinking back into their military training or experience when dealing with the public. The guys I knew who had military experience tried to specialize into fields where they didn’t have to do traffic stops and deal with the general public. They got into narcotics, gang units, etc.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:21 am to tigersownall
You are likely seeing special projects. We have state troopers in our town all the time, usually writing tickets for seat belt violations (a federally funded program).
Our Mayo sent a letter requesting that the State Police stop patrolling our town. A couple of days after the letter was received, I counted six state troopers in various locations in our town (or 5000 or so).
It was pretty humorous.
Our Mayo sent a letter requesting that the State Police stop patrolling our town. A couple of days after the letter was received, I counted six state troopers in various locations in our town (or 5000 or so).
It was pretty humorous.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 11:47 am to tigersownall
Always found Staties to be the best of the bunch in my interactions. I'd welcome more around my neighborhood if I lived in a place like Baton Rouge or New Orleans.
Posted on 7/22/24 at 12:18 pm to poochie
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I’m in Thibodaux, send him to my hood PLEASE! Maybe these bougie arse housewives in their current year model huge SUV’s will slow the frick down!
Ahhh, you too have witnessed the Thibodaux UBS in their natural habitat.
UBS- Unemployed Bitch in Suburban
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