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Originally Posted by bestmickey
Bogie Shooter, where is it specifically written that police have no authority on multi-modal paths?
I could be wrong, but it was always my understanding that police can do their jobs anywhere within their city/village/county of employment.
Is it State law that the police have no authority on multi-modal paths? That means I can't be arrested if I commit a crime on a multi modal path?
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A traffic law will refer with specificity where it applies. Most traffic laws will state "highways" in their language or "roadway" or a few state "private property". You then have to refer to the Vehicle Code definations for those words to determine just what is a highway, roadway etc.
So some laws apply to highways, some roadways and some private property etc. I doubt that our rec paths fall into the definition of "highway" so any law that applies to a highway would not apply there. In order to determine what traffic laws if any can be enforced on our rec paths you need to consult a FL Vehicle Code. You would look at the definitions to see where our rec paths fall and then then look at the individual sections to see if they cover the type of roadway that the rec path is determined to be by definition.
I am using terms here from the PA Vehicle Code but the FL law would be similar.