On a recent posting, we noted that many Oro Valley police have the opportunity to take a police car home, regardless of whether they live within or outside of Oro Valley.
One of our bloggers first questioned us on this point, and subsequently backed off, but noted that police take better care of their assigned vehicle more so than if they were "pool cars."
That's well and good, except that's not applicable. You see, other than the Police Chief and the Command Staff, all the other vehicles that are taken home, are in fact, "pool cars.'' There goes another unworthy argument.
On another point, Terry Parish has recently contributed his expertise as an employee of The Pima County's Sheriff's Department. Terry recently commented that "cops don't have ticket quotas."
Does anyone care to guess how many citations our police have handed out in the last 6 years? (through Dec 2008)
The answer is more than 55,000. That relates to an average of 9172 citations per year, or 25 tickets every single day. It may not be a quota, but it sure is a lot of tickets. By the way, of that total, 18,000 were speeding violations.
So----Does Oro Valley have this reputation as a "speed trap" town because the town needs the revenue, the cops have quotas, or perhaps, the cops have too much time, with too little to do?
Of course, there will be those that believe, all thes tickets were "well deserved."
Our bloggers can chime in on this issue.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
April 15 "Tax Day Tea Party"
Join the Prop 13 Arizona team on April 15th at a Tax Day Tea Party
FINALLY !
A chance for your voice to be heard on April 15th at a Tax Day Tea Party
Up to date information on Tea Parties throughout the state can be found at
http://taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/arizona/
Tucson
El Presidio Park, Downtown Tucson
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
RSVP InfoAZ@afphq.org
Recruit your friends! Here is a printable flyer for the Tucson Tea Party:
http://www.americansforprosperity.org/files/tucsonteapartyflyer.pdf
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