Thank you SAPD!!!!!!

[tgannaway89]

I've seen them set-up a speed trap at UTSA Blvd/I-10 several times. It is never wise to speed in that area

[fierce_flawless]

Originally Posted by TexHwyMan

SAPD's focus on freeway speeding is misplaced. Yes, there are some people driving like bats out of Helotes that need to get ticketed, but SAPD focuses entirely too much attention on speeders on the freeway and not enough on other more dangerous and egregious offenses, such as speeding in neighborhoods & school zones, tailgating, weaving, failure to yield, obstructing the passing lane, running red lights, illegal turns, crossing medians, non-use of turn signals, etc. But then again, I can understand why: speeding is easy to enforce since it's fairly prevelent, you can sit in one place and let the violators come to you, and you even have a nice little machine to catch 'em, and on the freeway, you can get 'em in large numbers.

But I digress...

I TOTALLY agree.

Myth or reality; do police really have "ticket quotas"?

[chisco34]

Originally Posted by fierce_flawless

I TOTALLY agree.

Myth or reality; do police really have "ticket quotas"?

As the daughter of a state trooper for 26 years, I can tell you its a myth. I know that to be true at least for DPS. I also know that to be true for other departments. They say, especially for the small departments, its more about proving your doing your job as opposed to meeting a quote. It makes sense, every job has some sort of output, and for police officers its tickets. Shoot, if your breaking the law they have every right to give you a ticket, trap or not. I am waiting for DWI road blocks to start being used in SA. I am 100% for that!

[fierce_flawless]

Originally Posted by chisco34

As the daughter of a state trooper for 26 years, I can tell you its a myth. I know that to be true at least for DPS. I also know that to be true for other departments. They say, especially for the small departments, its more about proving your doing your job as opposed to meeting a quote. It makes sense, every job has some sort of output, and for police officers its tickets. Shoot, if your breaking the law they have every right to give you a ticket, trap or not. I am waiting for DWI road blocks to start being used in SA. I am 100% for that!

DWI road blocks? I could google that I guess ( very lazy lately)

Thanks for answering about the quotas. My partner has lots of SAPD customers at work, well at her last place of employment and chatted with them all the time... she was insisting they had quotas. I thought probably not.

I do not at ALL understand how huge numbers of the SA population can get away with having their tiny children serve as loose projectiles in the car. Never in a car seat or booster, usually not even BUCKLED. Why??? Why????

[phaydee]

SCORE!!! I am glad all those people were pulled over!! Now if they would crack down on all the crazies that run red lights/tailgating/noisepollution/DUI/curb jumbing/driving in the emergencey lanes.

This town has more wreckless drivers than Houston