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In Texas, Constables and even Game Wardens have been known to write tickets. There is a lot of competition these days for the best spot to setup radar on DFW freeways. My question is when did these guys receive the authority to write speeding tickets???
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Under the Texas Code of Criminal Proceedure, any licensed peace officer has the authority to issue citations for traffic offenses if they are in their jurisdiction. For state officers (DPS, Parks and Wildlife,etc.) that's anywhere in the state. County officers are county wide and municipal officers are city wide. (For traffic offenses). The State and County officers will usually file their charges through the JP court or County Court systems (at least that's the way it is in the Houston area) where Municipal officers file through Municipal court.