QUESTION OF TRAFFIC OFFICERS’ POWERS
PURSUIT OF OFFENDERS BEYOND CITY LIMITS Whether local body traffic officers are at present empowered -to pursue traffic offenders over the boundary into a neighbouring authority’s area is a question being considered by the legal officer of the Transport Department. This information was given to th? Heathcote County Council last evening. The Christchurch City Council had applied for permission for its inspectors to operate within the county The Transport Department, it was reported, had been asked to clarify the position of the warrants at present held by traffic officers. “We are agreeable, I suppose, but we should see where we stand,” commented the chairman (Mr F. W. Freeman).
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28157, 21 December 1956, Page 12
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