Current Events > True or False: Cops have an arrest quota

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Does anyone actually factually know if this is true or not?

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In Ireland it seems like they have a fucking limit on how often they can be useful
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Arrest quota? No, arresting people costs money

Ticket quota? Yes, that's a revenue source for the state.

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pogo_rabid posted...

Ticket quota? Yes, that's a revenue source for the state.

How much you think they gotta get per month?

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I thought the idea of the arrest quota rumour was based on some private prisons having minimum quotas in their contracts
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im pulling this out of my ass, but would assume that if your colleagues on a beat are citing significantly more than another; the top brass is going to want to know why either way. for arrested specifically i wouldnt think so, that would be pretty fucked up.

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My grandfather always got in trouble for never hitting his monthy quota, but that's 40-50 years ago.

*For tickets, not arrests

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No, they don't, but departments do have "productivity goals" and it looks good come promotion time if you've done work to help them meet said goal.

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pogo_rabid posted...

Arrest quota? No, arresting people costs money

Ticket quota? Yes, that's a revenue source for the state.

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False. Against our policy and cant be enforced

Ive written 0 tickets in the last month

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pogo_rabid posted...

Ticket quota? Yes, that's a revenue source for the state.

glorified meter maids

if your system of government needs to generate revenue by scamming and imprisoning its citizens, you've failed as a society.
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darkprince45 posted...

False. Against our policy and cant be enforced

Ive written 0 tickets in the last month

Isn't there an unwritten rule to do so?

Also, explain why there are more speed traps during the end of the month vs the beginning of the month.

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Every department is different. We dont do speed traps. Ive never written a ticket for speeding in my life.. you need to be trained for radar.

were too busy going call to call to stop people

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Can't say too much but I knew a guy. He specifically told me that he and others he worked with would have competitions to see who could write the most tickets in a week. Just throwing that out there.