State Outlaws Traffic Ticket Quotas
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The days of traffic cops needing to meet quotas for ticketing motorists are over in Tennessee, thanks to legislation that effectively banned the shady practice on July 1.
Signed in to law on June 2nd by Governor Phil Bredesen (R) and originally sponsored by State Senator Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville), the legislation declares that state and local law enforcement agencies “may not establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline a law enforcement officer solely by the issuance of a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations.”
The anti-quota law also “prohibits a political subdivision or any agency of this state from requiring or suggesting to a law enforcement officer that the officer is required or expected to issue a predetermined or specified number of traffic citations within a specified period.”
In July 2009, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Sergeant Clifford M. Babits posted a notice on the wall of the Troop C station in Robertson County informing highway patrol officers, “I require three things. 1. Answer the radio, 2. Work your crashes, and 3. WRITE TICKETS.”
According to Babits’ notice, highway patrol officers’ favorable performance review ratings were contingent upon issuing high numbers of traffic violations. “I must be able to justify giving a trooper a five. Low activity is a killer,” he wrote.
Despite Babits’ unethical behavior, it appears he and other big government bureaucrats are safe from any future threat of getting fired should they ‘suggest’ traffic cops issue a ‘few extra’ tickets in any given month. “Lawmakers removed sections of the legislation that would have subjected elected officials and top administrators to removal from office for setting quotas,” reportedMidSouthernNewz.com.
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