if you have money, you pay a ticket, you re done. if you don t, then you have to go through this sort of kafka-esque process of warrants and arrest reporter: the state also passed a bill, making it difficult to force payments from people who don t have the money. following all this, the numbers have dropped dramatically. for instance, take st. ann, one of the municipalities arch city defenders is suing. the city denied any wrongdoing and believes its traffic enforcement reduced accidents and did not racially profile drivers. in 2014, st. ann brought in about $3.3 million from fines and fees, by 2019, it was $426,000, and 87% drop. are these numbers pretty consistent that many of them have dropped about 80 to 90%? yeah, that, at the high end, 80, 90%, some are more like 50, 60%. reporter: so there is massive
and arrested. the state passed a bill making it difficult to force payments from people who don t have the money. following all this, the numbers have dropped dramatically. for instance, take st. anne one of the municipalities afternoon city defenders is suing. the city denying wrong doing and believes traffic enforcement reduced accidents and did not racially profile drivers. in 2014 st. ann brought in about $3.3 million from fines and fees. by 2019 it was $426,000. an 87% drop. are these numbers pretty consistent that many dropped about 80 to 90%. yeah, at the high end 80, 90%. some more like 50, 60%. there is massive improvement, but let s give it context. in ferguson in 2014 there are 33,000 warrants in a city of about 22,000 people. so more.
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safe act opponents say they will fight all the way to the supreme court. spent $426,000 on the lawsuit so far. we ll spend a million dollars if we have to. reporter: a new york state police spokeswoman tells fox once the ammo background system is up and running, hay will be looking at am they will be looking at purchases that are consistent with criminal activity. but there is a time limit on how long this info can be kept in the database. the law says data collected cannot be stored for more than a year. heather? heather: all right. david lee miller from our new york newsroom, thank you. jon: the amanda hayes murder trial set to resume today. she is accused of killing her husband s ex-girlfriend, laura acker soften, the woman you see here. what to expect when this case goes to the jury. you re going to hear more about the bitter custody dispute, and on july 13, 2011, there were three adults in that apartment. one is dead, one has been tried
426,000 nationwide. and the junk kies are very different today. i went undercover. that s me in the beard and bandanna and found that doech deals are easy to come by.