So, a police chief has to have jurisdiction to tell a citizen what the applicable laws are? REALLY?!? Does it work that way with lawyers, too? He wasn't asking PERMISSION, FFS, he was finding out his legal STANDING.

As much as I've studied the law, I think I know a thing or two. ENFORCING it requires jurisdiction; KNOWLEDGE of it does not. The fact that I'm not a cop doesn't stop me from a.)letting others know what the law says, or b.)following up on it with someone who DOES have jurisdiction. When the neighbor across the street adjusts landscape lights to shine in my windows (against the law here), I can PRINT A COPY of the applicable law and drop it on the doorstep -- OR, I can call a cop/prosecutor's office.

I.A.N.A.L., but I do not need to be to read and logically deduce. When language in law is obscure, you need lawyers to sort it out. Otherwise, no. Do you need a lawyer to disassemble the law about speed limits for you? "SPEED LIMIT 40" means you are breaking the law when you go 41. Don't agree? Sue me for lying to you, see how far you get.

Gawd, why do I even BOTHER sometimes.......