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Can an FBI agent write you a ticket?

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because are higher than a regular cop can they write you a ticket for a traffic violation or speeding

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  1. Sure they can. they are high then the other local police. but it's not really their job.


  2. This is just a guess, but I would imagine if they are on duty, they can.

    Edit: Ok.  Like I said, it was just a guess.  I was wrong.

  3. FBI agents aren't "higher" than a regular cop in the way you're thinking.  They have jurisdiction over federal crimes but that doesn't make them any "higher" than me, they just have different responsibilities.

    They can write you a ticket if the state they are in allows for that sort of thing or if the state they are in allows federal agents to be cross-deputized as a state officer.  It would be unusual, though.

    EDIT:

    Just for the sake of clarifying something another poster said:

    Yes, it may be true that any peace officer can write a ticket (though this depends on the state in question) but federal law enforcement agents are not automatically peace officers under state law.  The designation "peace officer" comes from the state, not from the federal government.

  4. No, traffic tickets are handled by state governments. An FBI agent might pull you over and detain you if you were driving like a complete lunatic, but a state or local officer would actually ticket you. The FBI is concerned with federal crimes. They aren't going to pull you over for doing 75 in 55 zone. They have bigger fish to fry.

  5. NO. That's not within the scope of their duties and authority. Writing tickets for that falls to local and state police under the State's Rights.  

  6. NO, they cannot.

    Federal agents cannot enforce state laws, and vice versa.

  7. They are Federal agents and do not deal in local jurisdictional issues

  8. i would assume that since its a state law, not federal,  it would be out of their jurisdiction. just a guess.

  9. No, they do not write tickets. Does James Bond write tickets?

  10. If there FBI police I think they can

  11. That's not their job.
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