There is something called a "performance standard" that is similar, but legal. A quota is a specific number, but a performance standard varies because is an average of what the other officers are doing. If an officer is on patrol, it is only fair to assume he will see violations, and his job is to enforce them. The performance standard is a way of measuring this.
Even cops don't like quotas. The internet is full of articles like this where employers try to disguise quotas as performance standards and the police union fights it:
This silly question is asked a couple of times a week. No, cops do not have quotas. Quotas were outlawed years ago because they are unfair. Officers are evaluated on many factors. How they deal with the public. How they get along with their fellow officers. How they understand and apply the law. How they wear their uniform and maintain their appearance. The number of tickets they write and arrests they make are not evaluated.
There are no official quotas, but there may be pressure to write tickets. If a cop had an 8 hour shift, and didn't have to respond to any major crimes or other incidents during that shift, then he better have written some tickets or something. Otherwise, when his supervisor asks what he did, what is he going to say. "I chilled in the parking lot" isn't going to cut it.
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Quotas are both illegal and unconstitutional.
There is something called a "performance standard" that is similar, but legal. A quota is a specific number, but a performance standard varies because is an average of what the other officers are doing. If an officer is on patrol, it is only fair to assume he will see violations, and his job is to enforce them. The performance standard is a way of measuring this.
Even cops don't like quotas. The internet is full of articles like this where employers try to disguise quotas as performance standards and the police union fights it:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/inv...
This silly question is asked a couple of times a week. No, cops do not have quotas. Quotas were outlawed years ago because they are unfair. Officers are evaluated on many factors. How they deal with the public. How they get along with their fellow officers. How they understand and apply the law. How they wear their uniform and maintain their appearance. The number of tickets they write and arrests they make are not evaluated.
Gretna, Louisiana definitely has ticket quotas. If the police want to keep their jobs, they have to issue a certain number of tickets every day.
It's useless to try obeying the law there, because if you DON'T speed, they'll MAKE UP a charge.
Forget about trying to fight the ticket in court. The judges know where their money comes from.
It's best if you just stay out of places that have quotas.
There are no official quotas, but there may be pressure to write tickets. If a cop had an 8 hour shift, and didn't have to respond to any major crimes or other incidents during that shift, then he better have written some tickets or something. Otherwise, when his supervisor asks what he did, what is he going to say. "I chilled in the parking lot" isn't going to cut it.
No, they can write as many of them as they want.
Looks like it sometimes ! But they don't really
Yes, you're nicked.