I should add, my new motto for police is “To collect (taxes) and to serve (citations).”
My best friend growing up is a State Trooper. His department can’t have “quotas”, but the station policy is that they must write tickets for 55% of the stops that they make. Every month he gets called in by his superior to explain why he didn’t make the 55%. My friend tells the sup that 1) “I listen to what people tell me. If they’re dangerous or lying, they get a ticket. If they’re honest, I let them go. and 2) I focus on drunk drivers. My arrests for drunk driving are way above the dept. average. I’m getting the dangerous people.”
It just proves that they value revenue more than protecting the public.
Are you serious? I bet his opportunities to get a promotion are not as high as the rest of his colleagues simply because he isn't cashing in on every single motorist he stops?
I agree with your assessment about cashing in on the public rather than protecting us.