Comments on: Bad Idea: Traffic Stop Quotas http://www.kennelson.com/newblog/bad-idea-traffic-stop-quotas-774 Politics, Technology, and other stuff from St. George, UT Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:11:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ken http://www.kennelson.com/newblog/bad-idea-traffic-stop-quotas-774/comment-page-1#comment-247 Ken Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:05:32 +0000 http://www.kennelson.com/newblog/?p=774#comment-247 These were cites. The states for the rest of the year are remarkably similar, almost quoatish. (-: 4 motor officers, 45 sworn patrol officers. In 1200 cites there were < 100 warnings. These were cites. The states for the rest of the year are remarkably similar, almost quoatish. (-:

4 motor officers, 45 sworn patrol officers.

In 1200 cites there were < 100 warnings.

]]> By: kevin nelson http://www.kennelson.com/newblog/bad-idea-traffic-stop-quotas-774/comment-page-1#comment-240 kevin nelson Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:23:28 +0000 http://www.kennelson.com/newblog/?p=774#comment-240 Did cites drop by a third? You dont show stats for the rest of the year. If they are a third higher, you might be right. How many patrol officers are there? How many traffic cops? Motors? In a busy area patrol guys write very few cites. In St George...? I think the cops are not motivated by the money factor. It may be the culture of the department that writing a lot of cites gets you a rep as a hard worker, thus leading to better positions. If there isnt much crime, you have to do something to show you are busy. The problem is when there is a a lot of crime, and they are ignoring that in favor of writing cites. In Ontario, we pull over a lot of cars, but ma and pa taxpayer usually gets sent on his way without a ticket, but Joe dirtbag gets one or we find some reason to take him to jail. Did cites drop by a third? You dont show stats for the rest of the year. If they are a third higher, you might be right. How many patrol officers are there? How many traffic cops? Motors? In a busy area patrol guys write very few cites. In St George…? I think the cops are not motivated by the money factor. It may be the culture of the department that writing a lot of cites gets you a rep as a hard worker, thus leading to better positions. If there isnt much crime, you have to do something to show you are busy. The problem is when there is a a lot of crime, and they are ignoring that in favor of writing cites. In Ontario, we pull over a lot of cars, but ma and pa taxpayer usually gets sent on his way without a ticket, but Joe dirtbag gets one or we find some reason to take him to jail.

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