Quotas
Ask any police politician (chief or sheriff) and they will deny there is a speeding ticket quota. Ask any beat cop and he’ll tell you otherwise. Of note:
Coopertown Mayor Danny Crosby routinely told police officers to ticket at least three or four motorists a day so the city could pay for services without a property tax, two town police officers testified in court this morning.
The mayor also told police that Hispanics were “easy targets” for tickets and told officers to monitor particular roads in search of political adversaries, according to testimony.
District Attorney General John Carney filed a court petition to have Crosby ousted from office. He’s accused in court filings of illegally running a speed trap in the small Robertson County town; having cops profile Hispanics, soldiers and out-of-towners for tickets and using officers to harass and threaten some members of the community
And there’s the issue of harassing political enemies.
July 11th, 2006 at 11:58 am
Sounds like SOP in law enforcement to me.
July 11th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
There is a small town south of Portland Oregon that was running a speed trap on Interstate 5. They got slapped down repeatedly by courts that they were out of their jurisdiction. They were clearing almost 2 million a year, which for a town with a couple of cops is pretty good. The state supreme court even ruled against them. It didn’t matter. They’re still running the trap and collecting the cash.
Protect and serve my arse…