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Biogeopaleochem t1_j2anzsn wrote

Reply to comment by Brickleberried in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984

Well do you want to solve murders or write traffic tickets? Only one of those makes money.

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WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot t1_j2aounx wrote

Know what makes way more money than sporadic parking tickets? Safe neighborhoods. Businesses don't move into or operate in places with high crime.

There's 100% an economic incentive to solving murders, if you want to be a cynic and focus purely on the finances of it. There's also that whole, you know, justice thing.

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darthjoey91 t1_j2arrkk wrote

But the money from safe neighborhoods doesn’t go directly to individual cops’ bonuses.

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WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot t1_j2atmbn wrote

...huh? How do you think police "bonuses" and compensation work? They don't get paid more money for writing more parking tickets...

Most officers are lucky to get a desk toy and a $20 gift card for Christmas as a "bonus." Bonuses generally come either as a sign-on bonus to attract new officers (something we desperately need as incentive since the media demonizes cops and makes it unappealing) or for completing certifications. LAPD for example gives you a bonus for being a Spanish speaker. You can earn a bonus by being marksman certified or bomb squad or having another unique skill.

You're just regurgitating ACAB rhetoric because it aligns with the zeitgeist we're in right now.

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Quick-kick95 t1_j2asohw wrote

DC doesn't make a lot of money from officers writing tickets. Most of the traffic enforcement money comes from automated cameras, not 50 dollar parking tickets.

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Kitchen_Software t1_j2atatn wrote

Your point is valid, but to be pedantic: MPD doesn’t deal with parking tickets IIRC. That’s parking enforcement.

MPD would be (only?) moving violations. But I don’t think you could get one of those in DC if you tried.

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BubsterX1 t1_j2dk02e wrote

This is correct. And those traffic cameras make tens of millions of dollars. The well-placed cameras (well-placed in the sense that people are expecting the speed limit to be about 35 based on the structure of the road) can individually generate several million dollars each year.

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