Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
43 Blog Posts From the Ticket Quotas Tag
Speed Trap Karma Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #697
May 23, 2022 • 0 Comments • ALABAMA, FLORIDA, ILLEGAL SEARCH, LEGISLATION, OHIO, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED TRAP, Speed Traps, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, traffic enforcement, Traffic Tickets
Why Fight a Traffic Ticket?
• November 9, 2021 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, Insurance Companies, NHTSA, NMA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, TICKET FIGHTING, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the NMA Blog in March 2018. Did you ever feel that you were already considered guilty when you received a traffic ticket even though, under the US Constitution, you are innocent until proven guilty? This includes any kind of traffic ticket coming from either a law enforcement officer […]
Paradise Ticket Quota Extreme: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #636
March 22, 2021 • 0 Comments • HAWAII, NMA, Speed Traps, SPEEDING, Ticket Quotas, traffic safety, Traffic Tickets
Multiple times a year, the US Department of Transportation issues grants to states for specific traffic enforcement programs. That money trickles down to cities so they can pay officers overtime. Honolulu police officers are currently participating in one such grant program this month. To measure the program’s effectiveness, the Honolulu Police Department wants officers to […]
Criminal Traffic Court is the Best Option
February 22, 2021 • 0 Comments • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, DISCOVERY, DMV, DUE PROCESS, NMA, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA E-Newsletter #450 in August 2017. If you would like to receive the NMA E-Newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe HERE. Whose side are we on anyway? The NMA objects when cities lower the traffic court bar, downgrading routine moving violations […]
Flipping the Stacked Deck against Civil Asset Forfeiture
September 25, 2020 • 0 Comments • CHECKPOINT, Civil Asset Forfeiture, DUE PROCESS, NMA, Policing for Profit, REVENUE GENERATION, TICKET FINES, Ticket Quotas, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly Newsletter #594 emailed to members in May 2020. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! There are many forms of legitimized stealing. The government has perfected […]
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