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Trooper fired for offering Florida lawmaker break on speeding ticket.

http://autos.yahoo.com

In a rarity among modern American jurisprudence, a state highway trooper has lost his job over a traffic ticket he didn't write — and now his fight has sparked a wider dispute over who gets preferential treatment for enforcing the law on the road. Does anyone need to guess that this happened in Florida?

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Created by Lendog 7 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 7 weeks 1 day ago
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City Bans Texting While Walking

http://abcnews.go.com

Avid texters beware: Fort Lee, N.J. police said they will begin issuing $85 jaywalking tickets to pedestrians who are caught texting while walking.

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Created by jarvis 1 year 1 week ago – Made popular 1 year 1 week ago
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Get Out of Jail Free Cards for Cops Famlies - "Professional Courtesy"

http://leoprocards.com

This helps illustrate something most of us already know. Cops give other Cops something they call "Professional Courtesy." This means that one cop will give another a pass whenever their power of discretion allows it (and possibly when is does not). Also, if you are familiar with the generic cop mindset, the world is generally divided into 2 groups- cops and their families, and everyone else.

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Created by kelvin 1 year 7 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 7 weeks ago
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LAPD cops sue over speeding ticket quotas

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com

I KNEW it! Proof that at least one police department has quotas for speeding tickets. They were even taken off normal patrols to issue moving violations. This story says they were supposed to write 18 tickets a day. Several cops are sueing LAPD for this as quotas are illegal.

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Created by dscrib 1 year 41 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 41 weeks ago
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SF To Shutter Courtrooms; Lay Off 200 Workers

http://www.ktvu.com

The San Francisco Superior Court announced Monday that it's laying off more than 40 percent of its staff and shuttering 25 courtrooms because of budget cuts.

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Created by CertainQuirk 1 year 44 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 44 weeks ago
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83 Year Old New York Woman Ticketed For Using City Trash Can

http://newyork.cbslocal.com

Darbe Pitofsky, 83, said she was on her way for a cup of coffee around 6:30 a.m. on June 25 when she threw a brown bag filled with old papers in a city litter basket... She said a sanitation worker quickly jumped out of his vehicle and demanded her information to write a summons... She said the worker demanded a form of identification and threatened to “put her away” if she didn’t comply.

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Created by Sgt Jarhead 1 year 46 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 45 weeks ago
Category: Taxes, Fees & Fines   Tags:
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E-ticket devices to be tested by 50 motorcycle officers

http://www.nbcdfw.com

The Dallas Police Department plans to use 50 E-ticket gadgets in a test program involving motorcycle officers because statistically they write more tickets than other patrol officers.

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Created by setherb 2 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 22 weeks ago
Category: Driving / Roads   Tags:
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Judge dismissed 9 tickets against himself and wife

http://www.freep.com

Jackson, MI - Court records show that a Jackson County judge who was suspended indefinitely in July by the Michigan Supreme Court dismissed nine traffic cases against himself and his wife.

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Created by ZEUSLGN 2 years 35 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 35 weeks ago
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Sounds like an excellent system!

http://www.wtopnews.com

FAIRFAX, Va. - A new system that's supposed to reduce paperwork and instantly allow police in Fairfax County to share isn't quite working as it should.
Fairfax County Police officers are writing fewer tickets because the system is cumbersome and time-consuming.

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Created by j2k1961 2 years 50 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 49 weeks ago
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Baltimore's Crackdown on Public Nuisances

http://wjz.com

Baltimore has now taken away my rights to spit on the ground. Unless you want to pay $200 :)

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Created by jothemofo 3 years 4 weeks ago – Made popular 3 years 4 weeks ago
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