sleeper;755313 wrote:Isn't that a good thing? If someone is breaking the law, then they deserve the citation.
And for the 4000th time, there are thousands of jobs in the private sector that don't have quotas or direct ways of measuring the value of an employee, the public sector will figure it out.
Also, when you're done crying, I've heard McDonalds is hiring.
No its not a good thing, citizens already hate when cops do their job.
And for the 4001th time, the public sector is not a business, your argument fails everytime. And I thought someone of your superior education would have a better answer than “they will figure it out”.
Also, when you are done crying, you should have become a public worker since they are so well off.
majorspark;755586 wrote:Whether an officer issues a warning or a ticket both are a recorded stop. The officer should run plates, check registration, proof of insurance, check for warrants, and run the driver's license through the system. The only difference when an officer issues a citation is money is collected. The officers discretion on whether to issue a fine or warning is guided by and reviewed by his superiors. I can tell you this an officer's merit would never be measured by how many broken taillight citations he has made LOL. Your average meter maid could do that.
When my taillight goes out I go down to the auto parts store and by a new bulb for a couple of bucks. So I would not have to worry about your scary scenario anyways.
Not only is money collected, but points can be assessed on the driver’s license etc. so there is more than just money involved. Also, officer’s merit is based on several things, citations(sometimes taillight tickets haha) is one of them. Unless an officer is arresting 10 felons a day (which isn’t likely anywhere), having 0 citations will not look good.
dwccrew;755830 wrote:Well someone is providing the funds to the other, so they should be able to make the decision whether they deserve more, less or the same.
I find it comical that some on here think that cops or firefighters "merit pay" would consist of responses, tickets issued, fires put out, etc. I would think prevention would be more of a basis for merit pay. Crime rates go down, less fires, etc., that should be the basis for merit pay IMO. I'd be willing to pay higher taxes in a community in which crime was low because the police force was good at keeping the streets safe. Schools were exceptional at providing quality education, etc.
Crime going down and less fires though are not always and often results of outside factors, not police or firemen. Plus, cops in urban areas where crime is always a problem will never get paid more no matter how much work they do? That doesn’t make sense.