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Waldo cops say they've been under ticket quota by Chief Mike Szabo
WPTV - West Palm Beach ^ | August 27, 2014 | AP

Posted on 08/30/2014 5:55:26 AM PDT by bamahead

WALDO — Five Florida police officers told the Waldo City Council that they’ve been under a quota to write traffic tickets, which is a violation of Florida law.

The Gainesville Sun reports Officer Brandon Roberts told council members on Tuesday night they were required by Chief Mike Szabo to write 12 speeding tickets per 12-hour shift, or face punishment. He offered an electronic presentation and printed emails as evidence.

Roberts said they were speaking up because they no longer have faith in their “chain of command.”

Waldo was ranked as the nation’s third worst speed trap by a national publication in 2012. The Sun reports that documents show about half the city’s $1 million budget comes from an item listed as “police revenue.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wptv.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: DuncanWaring
He's making a false equivalence, and falsely limiting the choices to either/or.

It's rhetorical BS and wouldn't be allowed in junior high school debates.

/johnny

61 posted on 08/30/2014 9:31:44 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

If you actually have any real principles and responsibility in your life, you work to change bad laws and not just break them because they don’t fit you....


62 posted on 08/30/2014 9:31:54 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: JW1949
Bullcrap.

Jesus didn't try to sway the Roman senate, he broke the law.

Sell your statist BS elsewhere.

/johnny

63 posted on 08/30/2014 9:33:16 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

It really means little to me what you accept or reject...I will continue to do what I, personally, feel is the right thing to do and don’t concern myself with how you feel....


64 posted on 08/30/2014 9:33:54 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: JW1949
Didn't say anything about feelings, hero.

False attribution.

Another thing that would get you kicked out of junior high school debating.

/johnny

65 posted on 08/30/2014 9:36:12 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Excuse me, I care little about what you accept or reject....
Does that clarify it for you now????


66 posted on 08/30/2014 9:39:05 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: bamahead

I wonder what drove these cops to suddenly become “honest”. I’ll assume that they each complied for some period.


67 posted on 08/30/2014 9:40:21 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

Someone earlier suggested that one or more of them had a beef against the chief and decided to bring it down on him...Could be...


68 posted on 08/30/2014 9:41:49 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: JW1949
Your post about "laws are laws and must be followed" clarified everything I ever needed to know about you.

You are a statist, with little regard for your position as lawmaker and sovereign in these United States.

You are a sniveling follower.

/johnny

69 posted on 08/30/2014 9:42:20 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: hoosierham

The problem is, as you can see up thread, this place has been a known speed trap for years. All current officers signed up knowing full well what they were getting into.


70 posted on 08/30/2014 9:44:03 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

I am a 2 tour veteran of Vietnam and a patriotic conservative who wishes nothing but a return to the heights the United States enjoyed during the Reagan administration and you sir, are a worthless son of a bitch...


71 posted on 08/30/2014 9:46:42 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: JW1949
I spent a few cycles deployed myself, hero. I have scars on my body to prove it. I've done the bag drag.

You are a statist.

Own it.

And don't rely on your vet status like it was a trump card. That's just sad.

/johnny

72 posted on 08/30/2014 9:51:01 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

You are dismissed.....


73 posted on 08/30/2014 9:52:26 AM PDT by JW1949
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To: JW1949
Not hardly. You called me a worthless SOB.

I won't shut up. I won't be polite. I won't comply. And I damn sure don't follow orders anymore.

/johnny

74 posted on 08/30/2014 9:55:33 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: gunnut
Up until that time they were perfectly happy to go along with the plan.

Exactly.

75 posted on 08/30/2014 9:57:50 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Oh great, all the places I used to blow through on the way from JAX to Gainesville. At least I slowed down (some) as I went through the towns straddling the highway where the speed limit plunges to 45.


76 posted on 08/30/2014 10:08:16 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: PLMerite
So, what *is* the speed limit in Waldo? No, I’m not defending them, and yes, I do have a fast car.

Last time I went through I think it was 35. The road can easily handle 55.

77 posted on 08/30/2014 10:33:32 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: gunnut
My guess is that one or more of these officers have another beef with the chief. Either they did not get the raises (what they thought their cut should be) or some other issue so they threw him under the bus. Up until that time they were perfectly happy to go along with the plan.

So your personal position is that there are zero honest cops anywhere?

You sir, are one of the folks who give ammo to the idiots who insist that the police are never at fault. Same stupidity, opposite ends of the spectrum.

I will continue to evaluate each incident based on the information available and make individual judgments.

78 posted on 08/30/2014 11:53:24 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MrEdd

How cute. You took a comment about this specific incident, generalized it, hit a fellow Freeper over the head with it, then patted yourself on the back for not generalizing.


79 posted on 08/30/2014 3:57:53 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Settled science.)
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