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Originally Posted by 79T/A
I disagree a little. DWI CHECKPOINTS are money makers. The object, I'm told, is to pull over vehicles randomly. For example, every fifth or sixth car gets stopped and checked for DWI. HOWEVER, if, during a checkpoint, an officer spots the bad inspection sticker or no front plate or a headlight out, they're gonna stop the car and write a ticket for it. The administration (Police Chief) is being put under pressure by the town council to produce revenue; therefore, EVERYBODY under him is encouraged to write summonses at these checkpoints. It's the old poo rolls downhill theory. No, there are no quotas, but the cop who writes tickets advances in his/her career.
Otherwise, I'm with IROCDan. Be nice. Don't try to play lawyer on the side of the road. Because when you do, the cop writes a ticket. Then you get to play lawyer in court. And even if you win, the cop still wins because win or lose, the cop is still making big fat overtime money to show up for your case.
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i know all the cops in my town and my friend just got promoted to sgt, i watched as a bunch took the sgt's test and went through interviews and the whole nine yards, they dont care if you write a thousand tickets a month, doesnt get u promoted to sgt. it goes to seniority and how well u test and interview.
if you have a problem with the money making end of things, and you think the chief is forced to tell his men to write tickets, you better take it out on the town council's and mayors, not the cops or even the chief.... think a little before you people speak and sound like ********!