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USBP are police officers who mainly patrol around border areas..
they can pull you over for speeding, arrest you for anything illegal, etc..
i don't get why people don't think they are police officers
That's because a lot of guys around here don't bother to think. Apparently if they think here they can't think later in that amount.
As far as dealing with State Laws, as usual that depends on the state. And guys here make the assumption that their fuzzy at best understanding of the laws in their state automatically must apply to all the other states. No matter how many times, it gets pointed out here, that concept never sinks in.
For example in CA (not relevant code sections trimmed for brevity) In other words in almost all circumstances a Border Patrol Officer is a Peace Officer or could also make a Private Person's Arrest. You might also note in some states a private person can't make an arrest. Again different states different laws.
830. Any person who comes within the provisions of this chapter and
who otherwise meets all standards imposed by law on a peace officer
is a peace officer, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no person other than those designated in this chapter is a peace
officer. The restriction of peace officer functions of any public
officer or employee shall not affect his or her status for purposes
of retirement.
830.8. (a) Federal criminal investigators and law enforcement
officers are not California peace officers, but may exercise the
powers of arrest of a peace officer in any of the following
circumstances:
(1) Any circumstances specified in Section
836 or Section
5150 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code for violations of state or local
laws.
(2) When these investigators and law enforcement officers are
engaged in the enforcement of federal criminal laws and exercise the
arrest powers only incidental to the performance of these duties.
(3) When requested by a California law enforcement agency to be
involved in a joint task force or criminal investigation.
(4) When probable cause exists to believe that a public offense
that involves immediate danger to persons or property has just
occurred or is being committed.
In all of these instances, the provisions of Section
847 shall
apply. These investigators and law enforcement officers, prior to
the exercise of these arrest powers, shall have been certified by
their agency heads as having satisfied the training requirements of
Section 832, or the equivalent thereof.
836 covers ALL the circumstances of the whens hows and whys of an arrest by a peace officer, suffice it to say, it is way too long to include here. Look it up if you want to.
837. A private person may arrest another:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not
in his presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and he has reasonable
cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
847. (a) A private person who has arrested another for the
commission of a public offense must, without unnecessary delay, take
the person arrested before a magistrate, or deliver him or her to a
peace officer.
(b) There shall be no civil liability on the part of, and no cause
of action shall arise against, any peace officer or federal criminal
investigator or law enforcement officer described in subdivision (a)
or (d) of Section 830.8, acting within the scope of his or her
authority, for false arrest or false imprisonment arising out of any
arrest under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The arrest was lawful, or the peace officer, at the time of
the arrest, had reasonable cause to believe the arrest was lawful.
(2) The arrest was made pursuant to a charge made, upon reasonable
cause, of the commission of a felony by the person to be arrested.
(3) The arrest was made pursuant to the requirements of Section
142, 837, 838, or 839.
5150 noted above is involuntary commission of a person that is a danger to themselves or others.