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Public Safety Agencies. Police Departments. Patrol Investigations Traffic School Resource Detention Animal Control Inspections. Fire Departments. Engine Fire/Rescue Inspections Training/Education. Ambulance. Rescue Paramedic Trauma Education/Training. Military. Navy Army
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Police Departments • Patrol • Investigations • Traffic • School Resource • Detention • Animal Control • Inspections
Fire Departments • Engine • Fire/Rescue • Inspections • Training/Education
Ambulance • Rescue • Paramedic • Trauma • Education/Training
Military • Navy • Army • Marines • Air Force • Coast Guard
Court Systems • Pre-Trial • City Court • Magistrate • State Trial Court • State Appellate Court • State Supreme Court
Jurisdiction • Jurisdiction generally describes any authority over a certain area or certain persons. • In the law, jurisdiction sometimes refers to a particular geographic area containing a defined legal authority. • For example, the federal government’s jurisdiction spans the entire United States. • Each state is also a jurisdiction unto itself, with the power to pass its own laws. • Smaller geographic areas, such as counties and cities, are separate jurisdictions to the extent that they have powers that are independent of the federal and state governments. • Jurisdiction also may refer to the origin of a court's authority. A court may be designated either as a court of general jurisdiction or as a court of special jurisdiction. A court of general jurisdiction is a trial court that is empowered to hear all cases that are not specifically reserved for courts of special jurisdiction. A court of special jurisdiction is empowered to hear only certain kinds of cases.
Venue • Venue is similar to, but separate from, jurisdiction. • The venue of a case is the physical location of the courthouse in which the case is tried. • If more than one court has both subject matter and personal jurisdiction over a case, the court that first receives the case can send the case, upon request of one of the parties, to a court in another jurisdiction. • Unlike jurisdiction, venue does not involve a determination of a court's inherent authority to hear a case.
Venue and Jurisdiction • U.S. Government (ATF,FBI) • State Government (GBI,GSP,DNR) • Local Government (Polk Police, Polk Sheriff) • Municipal Government (Cedartown Police, Rockmart Police) • Authority Government (Kennesaw State University Police, Marta Police, Cobb Campus Police)