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2/25/2006
Texas: Houston Police Memo Suggests Ticket QuotaHouston, Texas police are told they must issue at least two traffic tickets every day.
Police in Houston, Texas are required to get two "ducks" a day, according to an internal police memo issued by a northwest division police captain. "A duck is a traffic ticket," Houston Police Officer Johnnie McFarland explained to KHOU-TV. The policy outlined in the memo appears to run afoul of a Texas statute prohibiting the evaluation of a police officer based on "predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations."
A Houston Police Department spoke ...
2/25/2006
Arkansas: Forrest City Ticket Quota Brings in 443 Percent IncreaseA ticket quota in Forrest City, Arkansas brings in a fivefold increase in the number of speeding tickets issued.
2/24/2006
Israel: Traffic Cameras Used to Silence Political OppositionNon-violent political protest is being stifled with evidence from Israeli traffic cameras.
2/23/2006
Arizona May Jail Man Who Flipped Off Speed CameraScottsdale, Arizona wants to jail a man who showed disrespect toward its new freeway speed camera.
2/23/2006
New Zealand: License Flipper Leads to High-Speed ChaseJames Bond-style plate flipper defeats speed cameras but not pursuing police officers.
