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NewsSeptember 8, 2023

Retired CA Officer Awarded $2.8 Million in Lawsuit Over Agency Retaliation for Ticket Quota Comments

The retired officer said supervisors prevented him from being promoted, caused him to lose overtime opportunities and pay and wrote negative evaluations after he protested.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2021

Police Union Wants Virginia to Outlaw Ticket Quotas

Virginia State Police, which the PBA says uses the practice that requires troopers to write a certain amount of tickets as a measure of effectiveness, initially denied using quotas.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 3, 2019

Police Chief Pushes Back Against Town Government for Dissolving Department

The former chief of police for the Ridgetop (TN) Police Department says that the action by the town political leaders to dissolve the department due to budget constraints only tells half the story.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2019

Federal Prosecutors Accuse MA State Police Unit of Ticket Quota

Members of the now-disbanded Troop E were expected to issue at least eight citations during their shifts under a specialized overtime program, which dozens of troopers allegedly abused to collect fraudulent overtime, according to prosecutors.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2015

Officer to Get Over $155K from NYC After Exposing Arrest Quotas

New York City will pay out more than $285,000 and clear the record of a police officer who was repeatedly punished by NYPD brass for exposing arrest quotas in a Bronx precinct, his lawyers announced today.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 7, 2015

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Banned Use of Ticket Quantity as Officer Performance Metric

Arizona's governor has quashed legislation that would have limited the ability of police departments to consider how many citations a police officer has issued when looking at things like promotions.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2015

Video: California Officers Sue, Claim Agency Retaliated After They Complained About Ticket Quotas

Six Whittier, Calif., police officers are suing the city, saying they faced retaliation when they complained and refused to meet alleged ticket and arrest quotas.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2015

Video: Justice Department Demands Changes After Investigation Reveals Ferguson Uses Police to Generate Revenue

The report describes a city government that uses its police and courts as an ATM, tolerating a culture of police brutality while pressuring the police chief and court officials to increase traffic enforcement and fees without regard to public safety.

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