Sure, but if simply keeping the roads safe was their only objective, they wouldn’t have things like quotas where they have to shake down a certain number of people for the sake of their budget.
That depends a lot on the quota system. If they’re easily achievable then it’s not going to incentivize bad stops. If you have a county that gets four cars a day and the quota is four cars then there’s a problem. Generally it’s a useful way to make sure your police aren’t sitting at the donut shop while they should be working. Like most policies its problems lie in the extremes.
Sure, but if simply keeping the roads safe was their only objective, they wouldn’t have things like quotas where they have to shake down a certain number of people for the sake of their budget.
That depends a lot on the quota system. If they’re easily achievable then it’s not going to incentivize bad stops. If you have a county that gets four cars a day and the quota is four cars then there’s a problem. Generally it’s a useful way to make sure your police aren’t sitting at the donut shop while they should be working. Like most policies its problems lie in the extremes.