Citation Quotas
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Re “Police Citation ‘Goals’ Give Drivers a Ticket to Writhe,” Feb. 16: Could police departments try formal written warnings? Unlike oral warnings, they would be proof that the officer is watching his beat--and this seems the main purpose of open or hidden “quotas” for traffic citations.
Unlike citations, they would not impact the driver--unless a computer check finds a warning by a different officer for the same type of infraction. Such a repeat pattern should turn the warnings into a citation. Those people no longer could claim they were random victims of quota fulfillment.
REIN TAAGEPERA
Irvine
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