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RICHARDSON, Texas Officer Kayla Walker of the Richardson Police Department recently stood before the city council and accused her bosses of violating state law by enforcing a traffic ticket quota, according to a local report. She was described as a “brave policewoman” by a reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
Ticket quotas are illegal in Texas. Walker says the department has done this for decades. She told the council she was speaking on behalf of current and former officers. She later said that’s about 30 people, according to the report.
In her words: “The Richardson Police Department has been illegally using quotas to evaluate and discipline officers. Patrol officers are threatened with punishments for not writing enough tickets, arresting enough people and making enough citizen contacts.”
A Texas police officer publicly accuses her department of breaking the law with ticket quotas
A 13-year veteran of the Richardson police department doesn’t hold back. The city promises to investigate.
A veteran Richardson police officer stands up at a city council meeting and reveals that her department doesn t follow state law because commanders enforce illegal ticket quotas. Ticket quotas are illegal under Texas law. Watchdog Dave Lieber has the story.(iStock / Getty Images/iStockphoto)
That is some brave policewoman.
Ticket quotas are illegal in Texas. Walker charged that the department has done this for decades. She told the council she was speaking on behalf of current and former officers. (She later said that’s about 30 people.)