A meeting among senior traffic cops to encourage more ticket writing backfired yesterday when a Queens lieutenant boldly told top brass that officers won’t comply because they’re “afraid” of getting caught in the fallout of the Bronx ticket-fixing scandal, a source told The Post.
NYPD Transportation Chief James Tuller summoned traffic supervisors in Queens South—which comprises eight precincts—to a “TrafficStat” meeting to discuss the steep decline in summons writing.
At one point during the heated police headquarters powwow, Tuller showed a video of an accident-prone intersection where cars sped through red lights and cops on the scene did nothing about it, the source said.
That’s when a brave lieutenant told Tuller about how worried his subordinates are about the probe.
Cops all around the city don’t want to go to traffic court where they’ll be monitored by the IAB and sanctioned for honest bookkeeping mistakes, he said.
The IAB has already docked 10 vacation days from as many as 100 cops for relatively minor inconsistencies in their tickets or memo books.
One cop who spoke to The Post agreed, saying he’s issuing fewer tickets because: “They don’t want cops to be cops.”
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I agree with the statement that they don’t want cops to be cops, they want them to revenue enhancement officers.
In other words write tickets, as many as you can and don’t be a cop because it cost money to arrest and process a criminal
To Torahtotty: Don’t know what your logic is. Parking or traffic infractions don’t normally lead to an arrest or a criminal prosecution. They lead to fines if they are successful, of course unless for example someone is injured or killed.
to #2 perhaps you should read what is going on in crown heights then