I put this in another thread but I'll note it here as well. In my recent discussion with the
who pulled me over for going 68 in a 55, I found out that, in the law enforcement community (at least here in Minnesota), CVO stands for Criminal Vehicular Operation
Went to the web when I got home and found this:
Criminal law defines six levels of criminal vehicular operation (CVO) - all but one constituting felony offenses - depending on the level of injury inflicted:
criminal vehicular homicide (causing death, but not constituting murder or manslaughter);
great bodily harm (serious permanent injury);
substantial bodily harm (temporary substantial injury);
bodily harm (any pain or injury - a gross misdemeanor);
death to an unborn child; or
injury to an unborn child.
A common element to each of these CVO crimes is that the person causes the specified harm to another person as a result of operating a motor vehicle under any of the following conditions:
in a grossly negligent manner;
in violation of any of the elements of regular DWI law; or
where the driver who causes the accident leaves the scene in violation of Minnesota's felony fleeing law.
In practice, most CVO prosecutions involve simultaneous violation of the DWI law.
He said he became concerned when he saw my plate - 01 CVO and was glad I had an explanation for the acronym other than the one they use.
You learn something new every day!
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