If you're going one mph over the posted speed limits in those zones, (Hall County Sheriff's deputies) could issue a speeding citation.' However, the exception for (Hall County) is: school zones and historic zones, like Green Street in Gainesville. Will they do that? I can't say, but probably, they would not. Q: So a Georgia State Patrol officer could write somebody a ticket for going one mph over the speed limit? For (Hall County Sheriff's deputies), we're going to give you that leeway, just to make sure, (in case) our equipment is not calibrated or circumstances like that.' Obviously, legislators have been a part of this, and I think this is going to go back to the 1960s, when we had the speed trap laws implemented. 'When you look at the code section for speeding, it's going to tell you that 'no county, city or campus (police) officer shall be allowed to make a case based on the use of a speed detection device (radar), unless the speed of the vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by more than 10 mph.' It doesn't specify that this applies to the Georgia State Patrol or the Motor Carrier Division. Apparently that applies to most law enforcement, but one agency doesn't have to abide by that rule. Q: A common rumor passed down from parent to child, or driver to driver has to do with the speed limit, and how police can't legally give someone a ticket unless the driver is going more than 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. An MVA is just a 'motor vehicle accident.'' We utilize those acronyms as short-hand just to get that information out. BOLO stands for 'be on the lookout,' and an APB stands for and 'all points bulletin.' We use those when we're trying to broadcast information to our deputies who might be listening (on the police scanner), or we may send these out to surrounding counties or jurisdictions for persons of interest or vehicles of interest. 'A BOLO and an APB are pretty much the same. Q: What do some of those common acronyms, like BOLO, MVA and APB, mean?

It's the result of a negligent act, but not intentional.' Homicide doesn't have to be with intent, because you have things like vehicular homicide. So, they sound the same, but then you can go on and use it in the context that murder is actually a form of criminal homicide. And then you have the definition of 'homicide,' which is: the deliberate and unlawful killing of another (human) by another (human). Murder is the unlawful, premeditated killing of one human being by another. Even if you Google these terms, their definitions are very similar. It gets misconstrued in television as well. We sometimes get complacent and call a murder a homicide, or a homicide a murder. Q: What's the difference between a murder and a homicide? Then you get into a robbery, which is completely different, because that means (thieves) are stealing from a person, in their immediate presence, and that can be broken down into three subsections, whether they steal by force, by intimidation or by sudden snatching.' It can apply to a watercraft, an aircraft or a railroad car. A burglary in the second degree, the content is still the same, but they enter into a vehicle or a building. That's going to be burglary in the first degree. It means a person enters into a dwelling - whether it be occupied or unoccupied. Basically, this is going to apply when someone breaks into a residence with the intent to commit a theft. It's going to be burglary in the first degree and burglary in the second degree. 'We have (burglaries) broken down into sections. Q: What's the difference between a burglary and a robbery?

None of their meanings have been changed.) (NOTE: some of the questions and responses have been modified for the sake of clarity and brevity. It's also a good idea to know if a lot of your common driving habits are legal or not, like passing a school bus that has its flashers on and stop sign pushed out.ĪccessWDUN spoke with Hall County Sheriff's Deputy Nicole Bailes about some of these topics in an effort to crack some of the codes and give the public a clearer picture the next time they read a story involving law enforcement. Anyone who's ordered at the Varsity in Atlanta can understand how that lingo helps the workers hammer out tasks more efficiently, but might keep the general public a little bit confused.įor your safety, it's probably in your best interest to understand what the police are talking about if they mention a 'BOLO' on the local TV news, or what exactly it means when you read an article on a news website that references a 'homicide' instead of a 'murder.' Anybody who knows a police officer knows they tend to have their own lingo, much like any profession.

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