2006-11-09 07:10:28 · 14 answers · asked by lidakamo 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No, there is no quota. Police Officers don't have quotas b/c that would just put pressure on them to ticket someone who was innocent and didn't commit a crime.
2006-11-09 09:12:48 · answer #1 · answered by ddnguyen9 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It really depends on the individual police department. I work at a small rural PD in Illinois as a 911 dispatcher and our officers do not have quotas and are not pushed by the chief to write any tickets. The state police in our district however, do have quotas. They have to have so many stops of a particular kind in a month or they are docked. For instance I think they need like 5 alcohol related tickets. In experience I would say that there are most city departments do not have quotas...the main deparments with quotas are highway patrol/state troopers since all they really do is run traffic. They claim it is to make sure that the officers are doing adequate workload but I really think it is the state making them do it for the money...that way they know what to expect from monthly ticket income.
2006-11-09 09:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by Country Girl for Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question; I would imagine it depends on where you live; I live in Connecticut right on the NY border in a small, but very wealthy, town; We've only had 7 or 8 murders in the past 35 years, and our officers are for the most part considered "traffic cops"; They're expected to write "X" numbers of tickets per week, spend much of their time "hiding" and waiting to catch you for going 5 miles over the speed limit, must log in a certain amount of "miles" each night (so the basically just go up and down the Post Rd), can't remember the last time any one of them actually caught a burglar...now, down in certain Southern towns, that's how they make their $$$$; and forget about a ticket! It's pay now or your butt is going to jail!
2006-11-09 07:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by sweet ivy lyn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have known three California Highway Patrolmen over the years. All three well enough to believe them. I have asked all three that question and received the same answer from all of them. First they laugh then tell me there is no quota system in the Patrol. They also tell me that supervisors cover all areas and if the supervisor observes a lot of violations and the officer is not writing citations the supervisor will have a nice talk with the officer.
As I said, I trust all three of these guys and none have ever given me a reason to doubt what they say.
2006-11-09 07:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not from my experience. Often times officers are seen as lazy if they don't have anything to show for the end of their shift. Sometimes, if officers have been slacking, they may aquire a few tickets to ease the burden from their respective watch-commanders. For the most part though, pulling people over for a traffic violation gives officers the probable cause they need to detain someone and possibly look for bigger crimes. Hope that helps.
2006-11-09 07:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by Louie S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is it true that police officers only write tickets to people that commit traffic violations?
Most departments assign officers to Traffic Duty. These officers usually write tickets for traffic violations. This has been proved to help reduce traffic accidents.
Crashes are seldom accidents. There is usually operator error involved somewhere. It is often related to speed. Which is why officers write tickets.
2006-11-09 07:30:22 · answer #6 · answered by tnmack 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love this question, in my state, the town does not get any money from a citation. My department does not have any set quota or limit or certain expectation. However, we have our own internal competition to see who can get the most convictions and who made the most stops. The moral is: Signal every turn, stop completely, make sure your lights work and don't speed.
2016-05-22 00:57:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they have quota's but they are not allowed to call them quota's. My friend who is a cop told me, " You don't make officer of the year for solving crimes, you make officer of the year by writing tickets". But I live amongst one of the most crooked departments in America......Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2006-11-09 09:24:09 · answer #8 · answered by mrfoxhorn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some places do have a quota you need to fill. With two brothers in law enforcement in different cities who both have quotas they also told me it's not very hard to fill your quota. They have both said they've let more people speed by them than they have ever pulled over and someone has to be doing something very drastic to get pulled over (example 20 MPH over the limit will get you pulled over).
2006-11-09 07:19:46 · answer #9 · answered by Hawkeye647 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yep or they get fired ,they not making the town no $$.they are just a strain on the towns economy.a lot in small towns but mainly older cars & trucks .if you drive a newer one they are afraid . that you might have the $ to pay the ticket .but if you dont then they collect double with ticket & warrants and jail time
2006-11-09 07:24:41 · answer #10 · answered by dirtdevil215 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋