Some Ohio Troopers Feel More Pressure To Write Tickets

[The Straight Story]

Some Ohio Troopers Feel More Pressure To Write Tickets
Monday, March 30, 2009 5:27 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A pilot program that is being tested in southern Ohio has left some Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers feeling pressured to write more citations.

The Fair Share program was created by Lt. Mike Crispen for District 6, which is made up of 10 southern counties, including Ross and Athens counties.

Crispen told 10TV's Maureen Kocot that the program is not a quota system. It accounts for a trooper's every move in an eight-hour day and measures time and not tickets.

A trooper who writes 15 speeding tickets does not necessarily outshine a trooper who spent his day making felony drug arrests.

The union that represents Ohio's troopers calls the Fair Share program a "thinly veiled quota" and claimed that troopers are feeling the pressure to write more tickets.

According to the union, troopers who don't meet the bar could face the consequence of getting overlooked for promotions.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/03/30/story_ohp_tickets.html?sid=102

[MADem]

1. Gotta write your pay every day! Fiscal austerity! nt

[FiveGoodMen]

2. If they weren't making money on those tickets, this wouldn't be happening.