New York, NY – Dozens of Bronx cops have launched an unauthorized slowdown of sorts – dramatically cutting the number of tickets they issue for moving violations, sources said.
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Citywide, moving summons were down 18.1% for the 28-day period, the largest decrease in 10 years. They fell 22.3% for the week.
It’s been going on for about a month and is tied to the ongoing ticket-fixing scandal, the sources said. Even NYPD data show the number of summonses issued dropped 23.5% in the most recent 28-day period ending July 3. Cops in the Bronx wrote 7,615 tickets for moving violations during that period, down from 9,951 over the same span last year.
The moving violations include speeding, failure to use seatbelts and talking on cell phones while driving.
Fed up cops, according to the sources, are reacting to the Internal Affairs Bureau disciplining officers for failing to properly record summonses in their memo books. Some cops say they’ve been penalized for making the smallest errors on the tickets.
“If a cop fails to write details of a traffic stop or forgot something from the stop, IAB will check the memo book and automatically dish out a 10-day rip (loss of vacation pay),” one of the sources said. “The cop and his commanding officer has no say in the matter.”
“The cops are fed up,” one of the police sources said. “They’re fed up with this ticket-fixing thing. They’re fed up with these ticket rips and ‘productivity goals.’ They’re just plain fed up.”
Bring those cops to brooklyn
It is clear the integraty of the policemen is not at issue. The people of the bronx obay the law and reap fewer tickets.
The cops are fed up? The drivers are more fed up. In fact, there’s been an unauthorized job action by Bronx drivers: they’ve accepted 26% fewer tickets from police this year.
—- the cops!—-the City!—- the Mayor! Down with traffic violations and down with the PVB!
Finally somebody is taking action against those merciless cops!!!
If you follow the law, you wont get any tickets so you dont have to worry about the “ticket fixers”
Is writing less tickets for moving violations progress? Sure, parking tickets are a pain in the neck. But not stopping at stop signs or red lights, passing a school bus discharging kids, speeding, driving while using a cellphone, etc. all have safety implications.
It isn’t a perfect system but I would rather have these laws enforced. Imagine what the streets will be like if people believe they can “get away” with violating these regulations.
Ticket fixing was in efect since they came up with the name N.Y.P.D Mr. Bloomy ratther wory about crime.
The cops should be fed up with spending their days issuing summonses. They became policemen to serve and protect, not to harass people and make money for the city.