tickets ? police encounters ?

[carnageehw]

Originally Posted by .Kevin.

It's against the law to have a 'quota' they mark their performances monthly and what tickets are issued for due to making sure no one is abusing power and for promotions etc. So unless they are trying to get a promotion it is just the cop being an idiot, because even then - speeding tickets etc are just pity.

25km/h over the limit is a ticket anything higher is public endangerment can lose your license etc.

Atleast that is how it is here in Canada.

source; my uncle is the deputy sheriff in my town and my brother is a patrol officer in another city.

25km over the limit won't get your license taken away.

16km over the limit and you will get points on your license, anything over 50km above the speed limit and you will get your car taken away on the spot, and charged with "Street racing".

But you're right about no quotas. I find it hard to believe that ANY place has quotas they have to meet. I hear it a lot though, and it's the same thing with drive test centers. There is no actual quotas, but there is over sight to see if power is being abused, or to see if a cop is just sleeping on the job and not giving out anything.

The part that annoys me though is that cops speed all the time. You shouldn't really give people a ticket if you're just going to go out and do the exact same thing.