Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
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#2> Brookside Police did patrol the 1.5-mile stretch of Interstate 22 within their jurisdiction and wrote tickets that brought in $82,467 in fines.
So that was the most productive one? After salary, health care and operating costs, The roi does not sound all that good.
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#3This sounds a lot like the typical small town where they try to make up for lost tax revenue by aggressive policing. One town I'll remember to never go I guess, not that I'd probably ever go there anyways.
There was an old Rockford Files episode called Pastoria Prime Pick, where a small Calforinia town was growing economically by mixing small real and manufacturing/setting-up people with big crimes in order to either solicit bribes for lower crimes and take in huge fines.
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#4> Brookside Police did patrol the 1.5-mile stretch of Interstate 22 within their jurisdiction and wrote tickets that brought in $82,467 in fines. So that was the most productive one? After salary, health care and operating costs, The roi does not sound all that good.
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#5There needs to be a RICO prosecution.
Re: Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
#6Welcome to Alabama! Many many towns and cities use the 1.5 mile jurisdiction [1] to rake in extra revenue from neighboring unincorporated areas.
https://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/state-supreme-co...
Basically for the cost of a city attorney whose job literally rests on loose interpretations of state statutes, you can collect monies from all sorts of people outside of your official city limits.
Think safety codes and enforcement and then make the easy jump to Dollar General business licenses which are a percentage of turnover.
Policing I22 in Brookside is the tip of the iceberg
Re: Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
#7This sounds a lot like the typical small town where they try to make up for lost tax revenue by aggressive policing. One town I'll remember to never go I guess, not that I'd probably ever go there anyways. There was an old Rockford Files episode called Pastoria Prime Pick, where a small Calforinia town was growing economically by mixing small real and manufacturing/setting-up people with big crimes in order to either…
From my personal experience, Golden Meadow in Louisiana is exactly that sort of speed trap. Those cops will absolutely pull you over for doing 1 over the speed limit even though the limit for the area is unnaturally low for the stretch of highway they police.
So is Boutte, but only between the Walmart and Dominoes on Highway 90... that'd be the blackest section of the local community, which is essentially the color of every person you'll ever see pulled over in that area, despite it being a busy part of the highway.
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#8No post body was provided.
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#9Down here if FL we had a town called Waldo who's police department was disbanded for similar behavior, it was notorious for a long time:
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-waldo-speed-trap...
Re: Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’
#10This sounds a lot like the typical small town where they try to make up for lost tax revenue by aggressive policing. One town I'll remember to never go I guess, not that I'd probably ever go there anyways. There was an old Rockford Files episode called Pastoria Prime Pick, where a small Calforinia town was growing economically by mixing small real and manufacturing/setting-up people with big crimes in order to either…
From my personal experience, Golden Meadow in Louisiana is exactly that sort of speed trap. Those cops will absolutely pull you over for doing 1 over the speed limit even though the limit for the area is unnaturally low for the stretch of highway they police. So is Boutte, but only between the Walmart and Dominoes on Highway 90... that'd be the blackest section of the local community, which is essentially the color o…
They have to get the out of towners going to Grand Isle?