Traffic violations of private property

[Potts]

On a side note, when you call 911 or dispatch, in most cases you are dealing with a civilian dispatcher, who may not see things as a police officer would.
I have worked with some very good dispatchers and some complete idiot dispatchers.
You really can't judge an entire Police Department by your civilian interaction, especially if it's a county wide program, that adds to the layers of people you would need to speak to.
You never know who is on the other end of the phone, not to mention if it's very busy, calls get rolled over to other jurisdictions, and in some instances, another state.

 

[SteveSS]

There was a meet-up of a bunch of tuner-type cars at a local parking lot back in late September. Over 300 cars showed up to do burnouts and such. The cops blocked all of the exits and not only arrested participants, but impounded over 125 vehicles.

Yeah, the cops can do that. At least, here they do.



That's a bullshit money grab and cops do it alot.

 

[Potts]

Sounds like they're Chief isn't a car guy.
They're being directed to do so, by someone.

 

[wahya]

A parking lot that large I would imagine would be some kind of a mall or a big company. The lot would primarily be for customers of the business and I would think that a gathering like that would be at the discretion of the owner. I don’t think the owner would take on the liability of inviting that kind of activity on his property.

 

[mopar 3 B]

Let's assume for argument's sake I take my old truck and do donuts in my field. Nothing illegal right? Now I'm in a shopping center parking lot. I've always heard cops don't investigate accidents in shopping center lots because it's private property. In one lot by my house, they have stop signs about every 20 yards which I ignore unless there are pedestrians.

Now picture a car meet in a shopping center and someone does a burnout. The cops swarm like white on rice. It's not public property, I suppose the store owners could press charges but why can the cops issue tickets?

Because store owners are pressing charges and the police are there.
Same goes for our private road that has a 25 mph speed limit. If we know some one is there that will be speeding on the way out and the county sheriff is known to be close by we can call them in to issue a ticket. We can not do a thing but post signs. Many walk there dogs on the roadway and the community kids some times utilize the roadway. All it will take is for someone to get seriously injured for the **** to hit the fan. Yes we could gate the community but really don't want to.
What kind of idiot can not respect other peoples property? Think about how piss you would be if someone were to do burnouts in your front yard.

 

[Dajkzo]

Not all states are the same. YMMV But in NJ, if the property owner signs an order for the town/state, police can issue traffic violations like it was a public road.