Make $300,000 working at home
In Massachusetts, where public employee unions own the legislature, guaranteed overtime is one of the perks of being a police officer. City police spend paid details standing around watching other people work. State Police make their money running speed traps. Once again a system of structural overtime breeds corruption. Troop E is the revenue collecting […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: January 22, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Alaska Studies Rural Speed Traps– –Costs of Driving Down– –Crosswalk Ticketing Cams Debut in France– –FL House votes to ban RLCs— Friday, January 19, 2018 Alaska Studies Whether Rural Speed Traps Reduce Crashes It is often assumed that encouraging police to set up speed traps enhances road safety. A test […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: December 11, 2017
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Louisiana Supremes reject Traffic Cam Challenge– –Tasered Motorists sues town– –OH Speed Trap Town busted by State Auditor– Friday, December 8, 2017 Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Traffic Camera Challenge The Louisiana Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to the photo ticketing program in New Orleans. Because city officials re-wrote […]
Fungible Laws – Variable Speed Limits
Even better — from a certain point-of-view — than a radar trap based on an under-posted speed limit is a radar trap with a changing speed limit. One that can be dumbed-down at random and with no prior notice, at the whim of the same government workers who enforce the limits and profit from that […]
What has 764 legs and eats wallets?
Last spring Damascus, Arkansas (population 382) was officially branded a speed trap and forbidden from writing speeding tickets. Shortly before the final order was issued the city got rid of its no-longer-necessary police chief. And the story got better. The city was stealing from drivers, and prosecutors suspect the police chief was stealing from the […]
Paging Congressman Hobbs
Palmyra, Missouri city prosecutor James Lemon just got caught extorting drivers caught in a speed trap. He agreed to drop one demand after he was contacted by KMOV reporters. US 61 through Palmyra is a limited access highway (crossroads but no driveways). In much of the country it would be posted 65 or 70, but […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: September 18, 2017
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Damascus, AR speed trap city back in the news– –Voluntary Roadside drug testing again on the agenda– –States resist speed trap transparency– Friday, September 15, 2017 Arkansas Speed Trap Town Demands Right To Issue Tickets A notorious speed trap town in Arkansas is fighting for the right to generate the […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: August 7, 2017
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Feds reject glove box search– –LA, OH sign petition to end traffic cams– –TX dumps failed toll road– –NMA urges Trump Adm to dump ticket quotas– Friday, August, 4, 2017 Federal Appeals Court Rejects Glove Box Search The march of technology is eliminating another favorite tool police use to search […]
Today’s “dumb criminal” award winners
A little advice to people thinking of taking the equipment Pennsylvania police use to measure speed: where there’s a speed trap, there are police. Pennsylvania’s speed trap law requires township police to place equipment by the roadside rather than use radar. Sometimes one of those gadgets is left apparently unattended. But — if you want […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: July 24, 2017
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –CO ballot measure stops speed trap cities– –Smith Co, TX loses appeal over illegal speed cam deal– –ACLU sues SD over forced DUI catherization– Friday, July 21, 2017 Colorado Ballot Measure Would Block Traffic Stop Profit Local law enforcement agencies would no longer be able to rely on highway traffic […]