Nine people issue 96 tickets in a whole day. Is that really cost-effective?
How many burglaries, rapes, bank robberies, etc., did they miss?
Bump.
"How many burglaries, rapes, bank robberies, etc., did they miss?"
Most criminals aren't so obliging as to tell officers where they plan to commit their crimes, so I doubt they "missed" any.
9 people issuing 96 tickets assumes that they get $50 a ticket (could be higher) and $4,800 in revenue. They pay out $2,000 a day in labor costs.
Sounds like a money maker to me.
That's just over 10 tickets per cop per day. If they can hit an average fine of $200 per ticket, that's $2000 per cop per day. On an 8 hour shift, you would have to pay your cops less than $250.00 per hour (or $500,000.00 per year) to break even.
If they are paying cops in your area over $500,000 a year, I'll go sign up. Most cops I know of aren't getting 1/10 of that. So yes, it does sound cost-effective.
Lots. As others opined, its far easier to shake down the surburbanites than go after the gang bangers, and Lancaster sure has their problems with the gangs. If the cops really cared about safety (and they don't, lets be honest), they'd go after the drivers who wait until you get real close and then pull out in front of you, slowly. Palmdale and Lancaster are famous with those types of assclowns, go after them for $500 apiece.