Can a police officer issue me a citation when he didn't personally observe the alleged violation?

Phoenix, AZ Viewed 95 times. Posted 5 months ago in Speeding / Traffic Ticket

I was given a citation by an officer called to the scene by a supervisor who told the officer to issue me the citation because a forest ranger said that I had been following too closely. Neither the superivsor nor the officer who issued the citation saw the alleged violation.

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Carlos Gonzalez

This attorney is licensed in New York. Posted 5 months ago.

yes, they can - however at trial you could argue exactly this... point out that the officer writing the ticket did not have any first han knowledge of the event

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