Deceptive traffic citations
First, let me introduce myself; I am a 69 year old man that has been driving since I was 16 years old and have never received any driving citation or ticket except in Louisiana, specifically the Lasal...
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2oldman wrote:2012Coleman wrote:A 'quota' would just be a statistical percentage of drivers who are exceeding the limit by a certain amount. If the number of tickets written is significantly below that, then the likelihood is that the police are getting lazy.
The action came after reports from 2014 that Waldo’s police department was writing speeding tickets based on quotas. The Waldo police later disclose they have ticket quotas
It's difficult to believe that each officer is ordered to write X amount of tickets regardless of the speed.
Sorry for your difficulties - here is some information that may enlighten you
From one story: "WALDO - Five members of the Waldo Police Department told the City Council Tuesday night they were under a quota to write traffic tickets, which is a violation of Florida law.
The officers outlined a long line of grievances they had against police department command staff and city administration.
Before a packed room, Officer Brandon Roberts told commissioners they were required by Chief Mike Szabo to write 12 speeding citations per 12-hour shift or face punishment. Roberts explained his claims with the help of an electronic presentation and printed emails as evidence."
A quota is a specific number of something - in this case each officer had a quota of 12 tickets. Revenue from speeding tickets was the main source of money for the town coffers. That's 1 ticket per hour.
Yes - these are the towns on 301 and as stated, the police force was disbanded. I make the drive through here 5 - 6 times a year.
