| Re: Police Officer Gives Himself $21,000 Raise Using Stop Sign Tickets |
Subject: Re: Police Officer Gives Himself $21,000 Raise Using Stop Sign Tickets by Klaus on 2008/7/21 22:34:31 Here's a new one Georgia is pioneering: Atlanta Suburb Turns Drivers Into Fuel Pumps June 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets Its a ridiculous concept, but somehow it seemed inevitable. Check out this story from USA Today: The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a fuel surcharge on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb [Holly Springs] soon will have to pay an extra $12 to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them. Is your police cruiser running low on fuel? No problem, just pull over someone driving home from work, ticket them, and youll have a full tank of gas in no time. It doesnt matter who you pull over because thanks to Atlantas notoriously under-posted speed limits everyone is a speeder. Need to balance your budget? Maybe you should look to Pizza Hut for inspiration: [Police Chief Ken] Ball says he was seeking ways to maintain patrols despite record high gas prices. I was hearing that Delta (Air Lines), pizza deliverers, florists were adding fuel charges to their services, and I thought, why not police departments? he says. Unfortunately it looks like this isnt going to be an isolated case. As with any situation where money is available to be taken from citizens, local government is on the case immediately: Ball says hes being inundated by calls from police chiefs and city managers. Ive heard from at least a dozen police chiefs and half a dozen city managers, he says of the measure passed Monday night. They want to know how we did it, and could we send them a copy of the ordinance. http://www.motorists.org/blog/traffic ... -drivers-into-fuel-pumps/ |
