According to Utah law, officers don’t have to stay within their jurisdiction to pull you over. They can also make routine traffic stops in unmarked cars. According to Utah law, officers don’t have to stay within their jurisdiction to pull you over.A former task force officer says there are important reasons why those laws are in place, but there are pitfalls that cause confusion like what happened in Roy last week.
Roy police soon discovered the stop had been made by a neighboring Clinton police officer, working with U.S. Marshals at the time. "They may have been watching someone or following someone and believe these people were involved with that,” he said."When you go into another jurisdiction, they should be notified,” he said.