Is it legal for a police officer to park his car in the private property to catch speeding cars? pics to prove

He parks the police car in the Nursing home Driveway. Waits for a speeding car.... (from 8:30AM - 9:30AM) Total speeding cars caught in one hour =12. So is it legal for him to park his car at a hidden private driveway of a nursing home. Chicago scene. Date occured March 11, 2007. 3 Pictures below to prove.

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first of all you have to be certain that it is a 100% private nursing home. if the nursing home accepts any state or fedral funding then it is not truely private and the cop is allowed to be there. Secondly he may have just asked the owner if it was ok to sit there and the owner said yes which would also make it ok.

As long as the property owner doesn't object, sure. Slow down next time, Sparky.

If the Owner of the property doesn't care. I don't think its illegal unless the owner says get off my property you damn Copper !

yes they can

Yes it is leagal as long as the property manager doesn't care... And also depends on the state laws... But usually leagal...

that looks like a street corner. not a driveway in the 1st photo. Who would stop him?

not that you can use to overturn the citation...the property owner could protest to the precinct and get him off the property.

put some roofing nails out there give him a few flat tires had the same problem it cured him quick

First one is a public access-way, second shows nothing, third is a public thoroughfare.

It would be illegal if the manager of the care facility asked the officer not to do so and they did it anyway. That would be tresspassing. HOWEVER, if the traffic on a street adjacent to the facility is as bad as you say, my guess is that the nursing home probably requested the speed trap. Getting old people across the street is hard enough in light traffic with people obeying the speed limit.

1st off, there is nothing illegal about it.
2nd, your pictures "prove" nothing.
1 looks like he's on a corner, and on 1 he's in the middle of a public street.

I'll assume he gave you a ticket and you're looking for a way out. There is one way to not get tickets. Slow down.

Yes. It is legal as long as the owner of the property does not object. It is unlikely the owner would object as having a police presence can only help to "sell" his nursing home care to prospective clients.

What is not legal is speeding. Clearly from the number of speeders the police are catching, they do need to enforce the law better in that area.