Police Juristicton Question

Factual Questions
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I’m driving down to Florida from New York next week, and as someone was warning me about the police on the New Jersey Turnpike (again), I got to thinking.

If I’m near the state line, say less then a mile, and a police car comes up behind me with its lights on to pull me over. Could I just wait till I cross the state line and the police officer is out of luck? Or will he continue because he is in pursuit? Maybe he will just radio the police in the next state and have them pull me over?

Now, I’m not actually thinking of doing this, I’m just wondering what would happen. So I’m not asking advise on how to break the law, so the thread doesn’t need to be closed. :slight_smile:

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He can continue because he is in pursuit AND he (or more likely his command center) will radio the police in the next state AND you could (and probably would) be charged with fleeing, crossing state lines to flee, etc. You would most likely end up with charges and tickets from both states. So it’s best to keep the lawlessness to one state.