Fines aren't kept by the le that issues tickets to avoid those agencies from doing blitzes for STUFF and the ticketers themselves when wanting a new contract.
The general fund is were money from tickets should properly go.
No 'special' enforcement for dubious reasons including 'quotas' that reflect in ones annual evaluation used in promotional situations, for example..
That said a local community can pass ordinance with fines to their general fund.
Those fines are generally much lower by statute than the similar state offence but failure to pay results in an arrest warrant just like the state .
For example here in Ct the local littering ordinance is generally $25 while the state fine is $300.
Could never figure out why Pulaski and Altmar don't have such ordinances eagerly enforced locally at the lower rate with city tickets and enrich their coffers.
Yes --I just changed the subject a bit but the litterers are commonly the outright snaggers as well. A common kinda mindset.
LE has a 'broken window' theory wherein ya enforce the smaller stuff and the bigger stuff seems to diminish greatly---same people.
Burglars don't relish communities that enforce their traffic laws sternly- they stay away from 'active LE.
Put that into the local ordinance perspective and some with guilty conscience will see LE behind every tree.
post edited by r3g3 - 2014/11/14 13:27:28