i say good for him, or any bureaucrat who realizes that they can just stop ruining other peoples' lives -- they might refer to this as "working" -- while still feigning effective results. this shifts the primary act of violence in society away from the nightstick and towards inflation, and the more that unveil the dollar for what it really is, the better.
The police claim that there is no such thing as a "quota," and they are correct, in that there is no set number of tickets that an officer is required or even encouraged to write, but department policies that tie the number of tickets written to raises, promotion, pay, or even to keeping your job, and this is the result.
With a 15 trillion dollar deficit, the federal government needs to get out of the seatbelt wearing enforcement business. The arrogant bastards have wrecked the US economy enough already.
Glad they caught him, and it appears they're making an example of him. We need more of THAT.
9/12/2011 7:20 PM
In June, the New Orleans Police Department received a federal grant that provides overtime pay to officers who help enforce seatbelt laws. Police salaries being what they are, the grant drew the attention of many officers, including one Glenn Gross.
Gross apparently issued the 215 tickets to "phantom motorists" in three months since the grant funds were awarded. Details of how he accomplished that feat haven't been released, but since he works in the department's information technology division... [More]Ah yes--the federalization of "law enforcement"--and what's this "police salaries being what they are"...?
Care to factor in benefits and pension, and that you can retire younger than practically anyone in the private sector? And since when is that an excuse, except among those who advocate "To each according to his need"?
posted by David Codrea at 12:49 PM on Sep 12, 2011
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Close this window Jump to comment formOfficer Gross may made the mistake of using the names and addresses from a registered voters list.
9/12/2011 1:14 PM
i say good for him, or any bureaucrat who realizes that they can just stop ruining other peoples' lives -- they might refer to this as "working" -- while still feigning effective results. this shifts the primary act of violence in society away from the nightstick and towards inflation, and the more that unveil the dollar for what it really is, the better.
"we pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us."
9/12/2011 1:16 PM
The police claim that there is no such thing as a "quota," and they are correct, in that there is no set number of tickets that an officer is required or even encouraged to write, but department policies that tie the number of tickets written to raises, promotion, pay, or even to keeping your job, and this is the result.
9/12/2011 3:51 PM
With a 15 trillion dollar deficit, the federal government needs to get out of the seatbelt wearing enforcement business. The arrogant bastards have wrecked the US economy enough already.
9/12/2011 5:56 PM
Glad they caught him, and it appears they're making an example of him. We need more of THAT.
9/12/2011 7:20 PM