diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/config.py b/drb-c2-core/app/config.py
index 265fa63..272c5fe 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/config.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/config.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     embedding_no_location_threshold: float = 0.97 # slow-path: match without location (very high bar)
     embedding_cross_tg_threshold: float = 0.85    # cross-TG path: same dept + 2+ shared units
     location_proximity_km: float = 0.5        # radius for location-proximity matching
+    geocode_max_km: float = 25.0              # reject geocode results farther than this from the node
     incident_auto_resolve_minutes: int = 90   # auto-resolve after N minutes with no new calls
     recorrelation_scan_minutes: int = 60      # re-examine orphaned calls ended within this window
     tg_fast_path_idle_minutes: int = 90       # fast path: max minutes since incident last updated
diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
index e5c1624..87c42a4 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Falls back gracefully if the API is unavailable or returns malformed output.
 """
 import asyncio
 import json
+import math
 import re
 from typing import Optional
 from app.internal.logger import logger
@@ -273,14 +274,25 @@ async def extract_scenes(
     return processed
 
 
+def _geo_dist_km(lat1: float, lon1: float, lat2: float, lon2: float) -> float:
+    """Haversine distance in km between two lat/lon points."""
+    R = 6371.0
+    dlat = math.radians(lat2 - lat1)
+    dlon = math.radians(lon2 - lon1)
+    a = math.sin(dlat / 2) ** 2 + math.cos(math.radians(lat1)) * math.cos(math.radians(lat2)) * math.sin(dlon / 2) ** 2
+    return R * 2 * math.asin(math.sqrt(a))
+
+
 async def _geocode_location(
     location_str: str, node_lat: float, node_lon: float
 ) -> Optional[dict]:
     """
     Geocode a location string using Nominatim, biased toward the node's area.
-    Returns {"lat": float, "lng": float} or None if geocoding fails.
+    Returns {"lat": float, "lng": float} or None if geocoding fails or the
+    result is farther than geocode_max_km from the node (wrong-jurisdiction guard).
     """
     import httpx
+    from app.config import settings
 
     viewbox = (
         f"{node_lon - _GEO_DELTA},{node_lat - _GEO_DELTA},"
@@ -304,8 +316,17 @@ async def _geocode_location(
             r.raise_for_status()
             results = r.json()
             if results:
-                coords = {"lat": float(results[0]["lat"]), "lng": float(results[0]["lon"])}
-                logger.info(f"Geocoded '{location_str}' → {coords}")
+                lat = float(results[0]["lat"])
+                lng = float(results[0]["lon"])
+                dist_km = _geo_dist_km(node_lat, node_lon, lat, lng)
+                if dist_km > settings.geocode_max_km:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        f"Geocoding rejected '{location_str}' → ({lat:.4f}, {lng:.4f}) "
+                        f"— {dist_km:.1f}km from node exceeds geocode_max_km={settings.geocode_max_km}"
+                    )
+                    return None
+                coords = {"lat": lat, "lng": lng}
+                logger.info(f"Geocoded '{location_str}' → {coords} ({dist_km:.1f}km from node)")
                 return coords
     except Exception as e:
         logger.warning(f"Geocoding failed for '{location_str}': {e}")