What’s the deal on 465 today PO PO?

[patience0830]

Oh lighten up, Frances.

 

[DRob]

I'd like to hear your "very obvious" reasons that you seem to think quotas exist.

My bet is "very obvious reason" looks like a summons.

 

[churchmouse]

Jerks, victimless crime...or something like that. They should be catching child molesters...

Of they are snatching up cell phone addicts lane weaving on 465 hell man I will help them. 45 to 75 crossing the lines and back to 45 then see their exit is on top of them and bail across 2 lanes scattering traffic.
Get-em.

 

[jkfletcher]

There's no quotas. They can write as many tickets as they want.

 

[bacon#1]

First off please don't make this into a cop bashing thread. That was not my intention. Second along CM's post this is what rode my bumper for about 10 minutes this morning. Before you string me up I waited until a stop light to get the pic. I was dumbfounded. The pic is fuzzy but you can make it out. This girl was trying to get the best TGIF selfie she could get. I could see her pose take a bunch of pics and then review. Like I said it went on for awhile. Piece of advice, no one gives a $h!+ you're gonna kill someone .

 

[jsharmon7]

I almost got rear ended this morning. The car was barreling toward me and I saw the driver’s head pop up from whatever she was looking at in her lap. Both hands lurched for the wheel as she slammed on the brakes. The next light she stopped about 50 yards behind me.

 

[Super Trucker]

getting towards the end of the month, they got to fill up those quotas that LEA's swear up and down don't exist but very obviously DO exist.

The more tickets they write the more money the cop makes. No longer a quota but an incentive program.

 

[phylodog]

The more tickets they write the more money the cop makes. No longer a quota but an incentive program.

If that were the case there would be three lanes of I465 doing 55.0mph at all times.

 

[churchmouse]

OK people. This will not go LEO bashing.

 

[thunderchicken]

I'm all for LE doing what they can to give distracted & or excessive speeders etc a reality check. I doubt that it truly stops anyone from carrying on with the same habits, but it does make people think twice

 

[thunderchicken]

Yeah, because that is all we do.

Well, I've heard stories lol.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

The more tickets they write the more money the cop makes. No longer a quota but an incentive program.

And all truckers are meth using morons that couldn't do anything else in life.

I don't believe that, just pointing out the absurdity of your statement.

 

[Kutnupe14]

The more tickets they write the more money the cop makes. No longer a quota but an incentive program.

Man how LE has changed! I totally would have had a Lambo if PDs were doing this when I was still working.
Wait, did I just say Lambo? Hell, I'd have had a Rolls too.

 

[Route 45]

I'd like to hear your "very obvious" reasons that you seem to think quotas exist.

Here ya go:

The month of March is a “blitz” month for Operation Pull Over. Officers from many agencies are working federally (NHTSA) funded overtime writing speeding and distracted driving citations. There have been several multi-officer enforcement details around the city this month. The next blitz period begins in May.

A certain number of tickets per hour are required for officers working these grant-funded projects. They ain't getting paid $45+ an hour on overtime to write warnings.

Also, ask a trooper about "performance goals" with regards to UTTs sometime and see what he/she says.

 

[phylodog]

20 years on the job, maybe 5 traffic citations written in that time frame, zero mention of writing more by any supervisor I've ever worked for.

 

[Route 45]

And all truckers are meth using morons that couldn't do anything else in life.

I don't think you are being fair. It takes a certain amount of skill to hold a steering wheel without dropping your pipe and lighter.

 

[CraigAPS]

A certain number of tickets per hour are required for officers working these grant-funded projects. They ain't getting paid $45+ an hour on overtime to write warnings.

Also, ask a trooper about "performance goals" with regards to UTTs sometime and see what he/she says.

Does this mean that every contact that an officer has while working OPO s/he MUST write the person a ticket even if the same stop was made during a normal shift the officer would just give a verbal/written warning?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The more tickets they write the more money the cop makes. No longer a quota but an incentive program.

If you take it to court and we are on a shift that gets overtime for court appearances is the only way to make any money from writing a ticket. There's no quotas, at least I've never been told to write a ticket or got an attaboy for writing one, either. Granted, I've not had a ticket book for about 6 years, but I doubt it's changed.

 

[Route 45]

Does this mean that every contact that an officer has while working OPO s/he MUST write the person a ticket even if the same stop was made during a normal shift the officer would just give a verbal/written warning?

I'll put it this way. If he/she ain't writing tickets, he/she ain't gonna work OPO again.
Normal shift? Varies by department regarding expectations for traffic tickets. I think Westfield PD has a weekly contest on US 31.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Does this mean that every contact that an officer has while working OPO s/he MUST write the person a ticket even if the same stop was made during a normal shift the officer would just give a verbal/written warning?

No. Or at least traffic grants didn't work that way when I worked them.