Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 9:57:11 GMT -6
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri motorists soon could see fewer speed traps, in an effort to ease concerns that police are being pressured to write traffic tickets.
As part of an ongoing legislative push to address municipal laws in the aftermath of the 2014 protests in Ferguson, state lawmakers have approved a plan to bar law enforcement agencies from setting quotas for traffic citations.
The measure, which was passed in May and awaits Gov. Jay Nixon’s signature, is similar to efforts under way in South Carolina, as well as initiatives debated in Florida and Arizona last year.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, who is running for state treasurer, called ticket quotas “offensive” and said he sponsored the proposal because some local officials were imposing them on rank-and-file police officers as a way to pad city budgets.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-put-cuffs-on-missouri-ticket-quotas/article_1719835b-21ef-5c4d-a48e-62d77c8e3adc.html
As part of an ongoing legislative push to address municipal laws in the aftermath of the 2014 protests in Ferguson, state lawmakers have approved a plan to bar law enforcement agencies from setting quotas for traffic citations.
The measure, which was passed in May and awaits Gov. Jay Nixon’s signature, is similar to efforts under way in South Carolina, as well as initiatives debated in Florida and Arizona last year.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, who is running for state treasurer, called ticket quotas “offensive” and said he sponsored the proposal because some local officials were imposing them on rank-and-file police officers as a way to pad city budgets.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/lawmakers-put-cuffs-on-missouri-ticket-quotas/article_1719835b-21ef-5c4d-a48e-62d77c8e3adc.html