Illinois Tosses Ticket Quotas

A new Illinois state law prohibits police agencies from assigning ticket quotas to rate officers' peformance.

June 14, 2014

Photo: Mark W. CLarkLegislation signed Sunday by Gov. Pat Quinn bans Illinois police departments from assigning ticket quotas and evaluating officers based on how many citations they issue, reports the Chicago Tribune.

A statement issued by the governor's office said, "Law enforcement officers should have discretion on when and where to issue traffic citations and not be forced to ticket motorists to satisfy a quota system."

The law prevents police departments from assigning an officer a specific number of citations to issue in a given period of time and also stops agencies from comparing officers based on how many tickets they write.

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