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

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:02:14 -0500, Peter H. Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>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.      
>
>PHP 


Seems like the state realized there was a bit of money to be made from the
cottage (ticket) industry without having to work for it.