109 Alerts From the TICKET REVENUE Tag

Flipping the Stacked Deck: NMA E-Newsletter #594

May 31, 2020 • CHECKPOINT, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic stops, Traffic Tickets

There are many forms of legitimized stealing. The government has perfected a near-perfect version, with motorists too often serving as easy prey. The NMA’s legislative focus in Washington, even when lawmakers are advancing little during these pandemic times, continues to be two areas of policing-for-profit that desperately need reform. One practice ─ as if it […]

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Are Small Towns Addicted to Traffic Fines and Fees? NMA E-Newsletter #592

May 17, 2020 • ARKANSAS, Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, GEORGIA, LOUISIANA, NEW YORK, NEWSLETTER, OKLAHOMA, Parking Tickets, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED TRAP, TEXAS, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine. The information here pertained primarily to life before the COVID-19 crisis. Still, we believe traffic fines and fees will be even more of an issue for small towns (and big cities) everywhere due to shortfalls in the budgets that have […]

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Too Many Red-Light Camera Scandals in Illinois: NMA E-Newsletter #579

February 16, 2020 • Corruption, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, ILLINOIS, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET REVENUE

Over the past several months, the latest Illinois red-light camera corruption case has unfolded. The 2014 Redflex bribery scandal preceded the current mess. Several company and public officials went to jail, and in 2017, Redflex paid the city of Chicago a $20 million settlement. You would have thought that the state had learned its lessons, […]

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East Liverpool, Ohio Voters win the Day against Red-Light and Speed Cameras: NMA E-Newsletter #574

January 12, 2020 • Automated Traffic Enforcement, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, Red-Light Camera, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA

East Liverpool Citizens against Traffic Cameras is a group that has been trying to get a “ban on red-light cameras” measure on the local ballot for a few years. In 2017, City Auditor Marilyn Bosco blocked the group’s proposed referendum by refusing to certify it even though there were enough valid signatures on the petition. […]

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Ticket Quotas are Alive and All Too Well: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #572

December 29, 2019 • EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED TRAP, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

By our latest count, twenty states have explicit laws banning traffic ticket quotas. And yet, the practice continues, even within some of those states. City, county, and state budgets must be met, and a reliable target for revenue continues to be the motorist. A brief rundown of the states with quota prohibitions follows but first, […]

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