Some police departments unofficially require officers to write a certain number of tickets every month. What about your department? Do you have a ticket quota? And what happens if you don't meet your quota?
2007-02-02 06:50:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
David M - OFFICIALLY the New York Police Deparment doesn't have ticket quotas - but UNOFFICIALLY they do, according to what NYPD officers have told me.
2007-02-02 06:56:06 · update #1
Three more this month and I win the microwave!
There are no "official" quotas. Many of the units I have worked for expected about ticket a shift. If all the officers on my platoon give out 20 tickets a month and I give out 2, and all of us have taken the same number of calls for service, then I would could be accused of not doing my job. I could be charged under our "police services act" for neglect of duty and lose hours, or be fired. Traffic unit officers hand out a lot more than that regular uniform officers because they aren't expected to take other kinds of calls.
By the way Beez, you are expected to uphold the law throughout the month, so the month end thing doesn't hold water here.
2007-02-02 07:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
quotas were done away with years ago, They are not legal.
Years ago, yes we had them, as a matter of fact in the 70s when I first put a badge on, I got a percentage of every ticket I wrote and was paid, I got 10 percent of the ticket.
( that is illegal now also)
Many departmenst just have traffic officers assigned to traffic, so they do nothing but stop people and write traffic tickets.
They may do a book a day.
Other officers have a evaluation monthly every call recieves so many points, and they are rated by that eval. A call about a shotting or a arm robbery would be higher points, a jay walk alot less points. So if they are worried about enough points, they may run more tickets
With that also when the state runs programs, like "click it or ticket" and other programs where pressure is put on them to catch some specific traffic crimes.
2007-02-02 13:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No police departments have ticket quotas, but officers are expected to write ticket during each tour.
The never say how many but, the more tickets you write per month the better your squad looks, the better the boss looks. This is the way of the world
2007-02-02 07:07:28 · answer #3 · answered by RecycleMan 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not necessarily the "Quotas" theory. Motorcycle Officers main job is to run traffic (MOST Depts, in MOST states) and all they do is traffic, no calls to homes or such, for the most part, per say. It's what are you doing on duty to justify your time as a Motor Jockey, If all you do is traffic for your shift, lets say 12 hr shift, and only wrote 3 tickets and 5 warnings, "what are you doing the rest of the shift". HOW is a supervisor going to justify your time, against another motorcycle Jockey that writes say 20 tickets and 30 warnings, OR whats the avg of that shift for writing tickets OR you call in unavailable to dispatch all the time for calls....Make sense. So they probably say in a shift you need to write so many tickets to justify the time on duty.....BUT it's an unwritten rule only spoken..... Turds are in all walks of life and in all types of jobs, Law Enforcement is no different, the cops that are suing "maybe" turds in the dept and maybe lazy on the job, WE have ALL seen it, no matter where we work and in what job field......OR They could be truth to the law suit.
2016-03-29 01:46:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to have quotas in any state. An Officer may have a personal goal but not one the department can enforce.
Having said that.... as we all know performing pre-text stops shows good patrolling of your community. Not all traffic stops require tickets. Pulling people over for infractions is a great way to uncover other illegal activities or wanted persons.
The more of these stops an Officer can initiate .... the more the probability increases to catch criminals. This shows good initiative and a desire to impact his community in a positive way. Not to mention looks good in his annual review.
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2007-02-02 07:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by A.R.G.O.S. 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
There are no ticket quotas here. The police department here says quotas are bad for community relations. They would rather focus on "crime" than traffic.
(Midland/Odessa Texas)
2007-02-02 07:03:08 · answer #6 · answered by T H 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My department does not have "quota's" and we get to write as many tickets as there are violations!
Best wishes!
2007-02-02 06:56:05 · answer #7 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We dont have quotas, but my lieutentant told me that if I write three, I can win a toaster!
2007-02-02 07:58:57 · answer #8 · answered by dkiller88 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm an attorney for a sheriff's department and we have no ticket quota.
2007-02-02 06:54:25 · answer #9 · answered by David M 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Of ourse. Haven't you noticed a flurry of traffic stops near the end of each month?
2007-02-02 06:53:19 · answer #10 · answered by beez 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋