NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill vowed to discipline any supervisor who puts quantity before quality when it comes to summonses, it was revealed Friday.
“This department does not and will not use quotas for enforcement activity,” O’Neill said in a message distributed to every command citywide on April 28. “Supervisory personnel who use quotas or encourage or reward numbers for the sake of numbers may be subject to department discipline.”
O’Neill said he will also bring the hammer down on supervisors who “punish members who fail to meet a quota, or who threaten to retaliate against any member who reports the use of quotas.”
“Using quotas demonstrates a lack of understanding of today’s NYPD, and my expectations of you as leaders,” he added, encouraging cops to report any allegations of quota demands to the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau. “We are interested in quality, not quantity.”
The NYPD has always maintained that quotas are not used while enforcing the law — although police whistleblowers have testified otherwise for years, claiming cops were ordered to write a specific number of tickets a month — and were punished when they didn’t hand out enough.
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encouraging cops to report any allegations of quota demands to the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau. “We are interested in quality, not quantity.”
We are all well aware that the police take care of their own, therefore I expect no one will be heading to the "rat squad" to "snitch" on any " unofficial" quotas!
"No more quotas" " quality versus quality"
In other words, write as many tickets as possible, however be sure that they are accurate, truly valid and withstand strict scrutiny, in addition look for high value targets, the most costly fines!
Fear not, we will still pay, and pay, and pay...
From a March 21 NY Post: "NYPD cops are writing more traffic tickets than ever — and the tactic is leading to fewer deaths on the streets of the Big Apple, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.."
Maybe there is something good about writing more and more traffic tickets.
Bull Shit! Liars!
I'll believe it when I see it.
Hope they start to crack down on the bike menace.
No quotas ? Wasnt a law passed a few years ago on this?? What do you think pays for new social programs?
It's about revenue. Not enforcement or quota's!!!
Oh please every day there are traffic agents riding around all hours in my neighborhood.
Giving tickets and even on Sunday.
City is making money. Yet created this mess by over crowding and overdevelopment.
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