State v. Post

The defendant, Claudette A. Post, was stopped by a police officer and cited for violating R.C. 4511.12, failing to stop for a red light. The immediate question before the court is whether the officer was competent to testify pursuant to Evid. R. 601(C). The Evidence Rule (and the related Revised Code Sections, R.C. 4549.13, 4549.14, and 4549.15) make an officer incompetent to testify when he is on duty for the exclusive or main purpose of enforcing traffic laws and arrests or assists in the arrest of a person charged with a traffic violation where the officer at the time of the arrest was not…