I work at a tobacco shop. And after they said I blown through a stop sign. When asked when drinking I said no. Then he said I smelled, and I quote, “of something suspicious”. I get cops get their paycheck for tickets and such but seriously has it really gotten this bad that for a ticket they try to make it something bigger? and ignoring my rights?
they are filling a qouta, they dont care if is legit or not, just that have it on file.
Quotas are illegal in the US. KPIs are not.
The difference is one is a concrete line in the sand that you’re required to cross Or Else and the other is just “more is better.”
A cop who made 5 arrests is considered a lower performer than a cop who made 10.
- Ex-cop
They also don’t care if you contest it and get it dropped.
Some cops have given hundreds of citations, the courts drop them all, and they STILL have a job.
Because the public doesn’t know or care how cops’ performance is judged.
They’re all “ACAB” or “Back the Blue” with zero nuance, so why would law enforcement brass bother changing how they do things?