The highway patrol has no authority to arrest a man fore “DWI” for driving an off road vehicle on a golf course.
Have no idea about North Carolina but I believe state troopers in New York State has statewide jurisdiction.
Not necessarily.
In some states “operating a vehicle while intoxicated” applies to operation anywhere, on the not unreasonable assumption that it’s hazardous even if you’re not on public land.
As this incident seems to illustrate.
“The highway patrol has no authority to arrest a man fore “DWI” for driving an off road vehicle on a golf course.”
Oh, you might be surprised as to what authority the cop has. I researched it once (for fun, never had a problem myself, fortunately) - the term is “Operational Control” of a motorized vehicle. And, believe it or not, a man working on his car, IN HIS DRIVEWAY, ON BLOCKS, was given a DUI when the neighbor called the cops because his music was too loud.
Now a lawyer probably got the guy off of that charge (don’t know)...but the laws are SO LOOSE that the cop got his wish - still making a mess of the guy’s life and leaving him with some SERIOUS legal bills.
...and it was not a one-off.