Re: Bad Cop, No Donut! Lawsuit filed against abusive cops

On 11 Sep 2003 11:01:07 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guido Marx)
wrote:

>Jim Alder 

>I remember reading about this a few years later.  Nevada had some
>towns in which the state legislature but out the policing to bid.  The
>guy who won the bid became the cop - and his "salary" was a percentage
>of all the traffic fines collected.  Turned out - there were a few
>cops in Nevada making more than $250,000 per year - and nearly all of
>it from California tourists.

   There were small towns along major highways in Texas with 1000
inhabitants,  50 of whom were police,  most relatives of the Mayor or
police chief.       The legislature finally put a stop to the
extortion racket by requiring all but a token amount of traffic fines
from smaller towns to be sent to the state.      

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