Do cops get paid for the traffic citations they write? Do they also get paid extra for locking up offenders?

kenga

wow, that's really surprising. well, in Watertown, WI (which is about 25,000 people) the officers definitely do not get paid. I reviewed their budget substantially... and it almost all gets sent up to the county/state level. The only time the department gets any money is for parking tickets (and that is such a small small fraction of their budget that it's hardly worth mentioning) and it doesn't go directly to the officers in any way. And they don't get anything for arrests (well i guess if they end up paying a citation because of it, the same deal as above). You'd have to look at the budget i guess to figure it out for each place. For this department, anyway, the incentive is to make sure that you are "up to par" with your other officers - if they are writing 20 tickets a week and you are writing 2, your supervisors are going to wonder what the heck you're doing when you're supposed to be working. Again though that is really interesting that they get paid, and that much.. that seems to me like it would invite corruption

PSDivertom

That has to be the biggest crock of _ _ _ _ I have ever heard and you believed it?? If that was true don't you think every officer would take as many cite books as they could carry and just stand at a freeway offramp flagging cars while wearing a T-Shirt that says:

JUST 2 MORE CITATIONS AND MY WIFE GETS A NEW TOASTER!!!

Wisen up a bit, your friend has you hook,line, and sinker!!

Lt1

In Missouri, there is a statewide law enforcement training fund. In traffic summons cases (in state court, not city courts), each time a fine is paid, 2 whole dollars goes to the training fund and the remainder go to the courts and the school district in which the ticket was written.

It's illegal to collect money for an arrest, per the US Supreme Court some years ago.

In city courts it's different. The city usually retains all of the fine monies, and they are usually put into the police department's operating budget.

J K

Your friend is screwing with you. If that were the case, I'd be retired by now.

sharene h

They get paid the same for every day they work. Locking up bad guys is just frosting on the cake. I think your friend was telling a fib.

LEO53

It's true. I made $947,334.76 this last year. Hoping to break a million this year. 3 more parking tickets should do it.

Oh...I'm selling the Brooklyn Bridge really cheap. PM me if interested.

ornery and mean

Your friend is pulling your leg! Writing citations and arresting people is just part of the job. No department works on any kind of "pay plus commission" basis!

MrsSilentWarrior

I WISH!!!! No, officer's get paid a base salary and don't get bonuses for reaching a monthly "quota" or anything like that. The only extra they get is overtime and holiday pay, just like everybody else.....

No, any funds received via fines goes into a general fund which provides for new equipment, training expenses and such. The department, as a whole, does benefit but the officers, as individuals, do not pocket the money.

Duane J

The government that the officer works for will get some of the money, it will go into the general fund the officers themselves will not recieve any additional money for writing citations that is against all state and federal laws

Reed #203

In Texas, the number of citations we write has nothing to do with our pay. Does he work in Mexico?

Kathleen312

Your friend is pulling your leg, no such thing......well at least not in my dep.

ahsoasho2u2

LMFAO Don't get arrest fee for bond arrests.

charlsyeh

reading you post show that you are just another person who watches too much tv/.they get paid a salary just like anyone else.they do not get paid for anything else.
----------retirde texas deputy sheriff---------

Dan W

Gawd. Comedians can't dream up some of the funny stuff people actually accept as truth in this world.

eddie f13

maybe he ment "we" as the township or city he works in...we dont get paid for that

mister_argle_bargle

nope

Bob C

YES!!!! Why do you think they are so unfriendly and alienated from us average citizen's nowadays? It's a racket. All they want is your hard earned (sweat) $$$$$$$$. If the RICO statute could be applied to every L.E.O. Agency in this country, they would all be headed for Leavenworth or Guantanamo!

LEO 53 is the only one that I feel may be telling the truth on here. Thanks LEO 53!

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