[quote=sdduuuude][quote=all]Hunting down and persecuting thieves is a cost, handing out tickets brings in money. Unless you are the unlucky taxpayer who got robbed or received a ticket you are better of financially when cops focus on traffic citations.[/quote]
I think you have confused “you” (i.e. me) with “the cops”
Hunting down and persecuting theivs is a cost – to the cops, but it benefits me.
Paying traffic tickets brings in money – to the cops, but hurts me.
I think this is the OP’s point. They aren’t serving the people anymore. Just funding their own existence, which, if they aren’t reducing crime, isn’t really justified.[/quote]
I think what “all” is trying to say is that the ticket revenue helps to offset some of the costs for the PD. If not for that revenue, they might have to raise taxes, instead. It’s better to have the criminals pay more for this extra revenue via tickets and fines — since they are part of the reason that these costs exist — than have law-abiding taxpayers pick up the costs that are currently covered by ticket revenue.
