I heard some station apply to that, does that apply to all? That they had to get certain amount of tickets or arrested to meet their monthly requirement like salesman? Sound not right?
2007-07-26 06:39:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
This is what everybody hears about CITY police. There is often a "goal" set and a benefit from reaching it or an "expectation" that the goal be reached.
Out-and-out quota sounds a bit harsh. In a high crime area, police are expected to "perform" up to a certain level...make SOME arrests...streets swarming with drug pushers/hookers do not bode well for public image.
2007-07-26 06:48:10 · answer #1 · answered by acct10132002 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋
It depends. In my town, the city counsel contracts out police services to the County sheriffs office, and part of the contract includes a minimum ticket quota. The deputies aren't happy with that, nor are the citizens, but there it is.
2007-07-26 14:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, they don't have quotas anymore, they're allowed to write as many tickets as they want. You have to realize that generally the police that write the tickets are assigned to the traffic division of their department. The entire function of the traffic division is to enforce traffic laws, investigate accidents and to direct traffic around areas that are experiencing traffic flow problems due to accident, power outage, construction, flooding etc. The amount of traffic violations that they observe and don't write citations for would absolutely astound you. Stand at any intersection in your town or city for 30 minutes and you'll probably observe several violations of failure to stop, failure to signal a turn, speeding, not using seat-belts, children not in child safety seats, expired tags etc. Now imagine if it was your primary duty to enforce those rules.
2007-07-26 13:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Officer's DO NOT Have a quota, We do not get any extra money on our paychecks for how many tickets we write. We write tickets to get people to slow down a drive safely so everyone can get home to be with their families. I had to tell too many families that a love one was not coming home due to some idiot on the road acting crazy.
2007-07-26 15:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by durango2414 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is illegal for police to have quotas. So they don't. You got a ticket because an officer had probable cause to believe you were guilty of a city ordinance or crime.
2007-07-26 15:55:58 · answer #5 · answered by Vindicaire 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Work on your grammar. No, police departments do not have monthly quotas. and even if we did, there are so many infractions on a daily basis we overlook that it would not be any problem to meet any requirements.
2007-07-26 14:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by Kevy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most police depts today do not have quotas for ticket writing.
2007-07-26 13:42:46 · answer #7 · answered by monte54que 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nah, we can write as many as we want. And it's a shame we can't write tickets for egregious spelling violations.
2007-07-26 14:53:04 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Guided 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Quota's" are illegal...we get to write as many tickets as we need to!
What does occur are "shift logs" which are maintained to report an officers activities. That has nothing to do with just writing tickets. It would include other issues such as complaints handled or assistance rendered and a myriad of other issues.
2007-07-26 13:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 8⤊ 3⤋
Ticket quotas are illegal.
2007-07-26 13:53:56 · answer #10 · answered by cassandra_sd 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋