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Old 06-13-2022, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by astrohog
Ok. Cited vs. arrested. (it's been a while since that post).

The fact is, that CHP officer threatened to cite you. My stance has always been that the CHP officer has no authority to cite you for breaking FAA regs. Period. It was true then and it is now. Do you disagree?

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I do not actually disagree with that. However the officers did respond to an FAA matter so it stands to reason that they were under the impression that they had jurisdiction. That said, in my situation they could have charged me with something they could, example reckless endangerment. My point is that the end result is the same. That’s what the legal system does. They change charges all the time to what they are able to get a conviction. Why is it so difficult for you to understand that even if they are not able to get you directly for an FAA violation, there are tools for them to get you for other things concerning the same incident. You are simply hanging onto nothing more then semantics.