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JustSomeOldGuy wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I also know that non-Texas LEO's do pull people over for traffic offenses on Texas highways .... {stuff deleted here} This also happened to her on Hwy 59 outside of Brownsville (for driving in the left lane). I'm pretty sure both stops were pretexts for a fishing expedition since she was given verbal warnings both times and all of the officers' questions had nothing to do with the alleged offense that the BP agents were supposedly investigating. Things like "where are you going", "where are you coming from", "what were you doing in XYZ", etc.

ah, you mean I-69 (aka US77/US83)? US 59 goes to Laredo. And yes, BP down here will stop on any pretext and engage in a fishing expedition if you or your vehicle fit a profile.....

My wife was driving a black Tahoe with tinted windows travelling away from the border, and she is Hispanic. So I think she may have fit a profile or two.

To the OP, since you mention that your son got a speeding ticket, what court is he supposed to appear in? If it is a federal or military court of some type, then it makes sense that the offense would have been committed on federal property, but if it is a state or local court, then I am guessing it is not federal property.

Of course, IANAL.

I was stationed at Fort Sill, OK from 1989 to 1991 and at that time there was a major road that ran through the base with no checkpoints. That may well have changed, though. But while on that road, the MP's were the ones who issued speeding tickets and the like.

I also know that non-Texas LEO's do pull people over for traffic offenses on Texas highways near El Paso. My wife was working there a few years ago and she was pulled over by federal border patrol agents for speeding on I-10. This also happened to her on Hwy 59 outside of Brownsville (for driving in the left lane). I'm pretty sure both stops were pretexts for a fishing expedition since she was given verbal warnings both times and all of the officers' questions had nothing to do with the alleged offense that the BP agents were supposedly investigating. Things like "where are you going", "where are you coming from", "what were you doing in XYZ", etc.