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Police Union: Department Uses Quota for Issuing Tickets

Police Union:  Department Uses Quota for Issuing Tickets

The union that represents patrolmen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has filed a grievance with a state board against the city's police department, saying that members are being forced to issue traffic tickets to meet a quota. But the chief of police said there's no quota, and that a recent quadrupling of tickets issued is "self-initiated," according to the Portsmouth Herald.

The union that represents patrolmen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has filed a grievance with a state board against the city's police department, saying that members are being forced to issue traffic tickets to meet a quota. But the chief of police said there's no quota, and that a recent quadrupling of tickets issued is "self-initiated," according to the Portsmouth Herald.…