Editor’s Note: This article was initially written for the Spring edition of Driving Freedoms magazine and instead appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #592 in May 2020. 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 […]
43 Blog Posts From the Ticket Quotas Tag
Are Small Towns Addicted to Traffic Fines and Fees?
• July 17, 2020 • 1 Comment • Automated Traffic Enforcement, NMA, Parking, parking tickets, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Traps, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Driving in America: An Out-of-State Speeding Ticket –Has this Happened to You?
• February 14, 2020 • 0 Comments • ACLU, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Congestion Pricing, Driver's License, INSURANCE, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATES, NMA, Parking, PRIVACY, Real ID, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Toll Roads, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
The NMA Office receives numerous calls throughout the year from members asking how to defeat a speeding ticket they happened to receive driving in another state. Unfortunately, these are rather difficult to fight because many small towns and counties target out-of-state drivers. After all, authorities know they won’t come back to fight the ticket. Ticketing […]
Officer Frank
July 12, 2019 • 0 Comments • Corruption, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #538 on May 5, 2019. Editor’s Note: Over the years, the NMA has received occasional contact from law enforcement officers who have complained about department policies, sometimes crafted to avoid direct violation of state anti-ticket-quota laws, which force officers to write a predetermined number of citations during each […]
The love of money
The word that got all the media attention shouldn’t have been a surprise to anybody. Quotas. A federal prosecutor said Massachusetts State Police had ticket quotas. Eight to ten tickets per four hours or they would have their pay cut. It’s only news if you’re not paying attention. The same situation was reported years ago. […]
The Real Police Overtime Scandals: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #507
October 1, 2018 • 0 Comments • Automated Traffic Enforcement, Red-Light Cameras, SAFETY, Speed Traps, TICKET CAMERA, Ticket Quotas, Traffic Tickets
Much has been written about the Massachusetts State Police Overtime Scandal. A number of officers have been arrested for federal counts of embezzlement for allegedly cutting hours or outright skipping overtime (OT) traffic enforcement shifts on the MA turnpike while getting paid in full. Forty-two members of Troop E have been implicated and the troop […]
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