Local college, the borough police would come to class and haul the kids off.
Does every other city in America fine people for baggy pants? Or for not having a $10 residency permit to park in front of their own home overnight? Like the article said, this area has around 10% of the total population of Missouri and they colllect over a third of all fines and fees. It's not law enforcement, it's a racket. And as the article also points out, Ferguson is an exception to the rule in North county in that it's city government is white. In most of these places, and in the worst abusers of the laws, the government is black.