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Originally Posted by Bent Wookie
Someone up top mention seeing police running laser @ 830am and that, in his opinion, people need to be given some time to adjust. So many issues with that. Most importantly, how would you deal with other members of the public who call in complaints of speeders in p/g zones @ 830am? How do the police balance things out?
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I'm sure that's what it is. In the middle of a financial mess and lower tax revenues, the police and transit cops all of a sudden decided to get militant and enforce the law to the letter because out of no where they started to get a rediculous amount of complaints about nitpiky things like dangerous motorists speeding through at 40 KPH on Sunday morning at 8:30 sharp on a cold winter day. Call me cynical, but they're out fishing for cash.
When a drunk guy backed into my parked car in my condo complex a month ago we called the police and they arrested them. When they came back for our witness statements they were pleased because they issued him over $10,000 in tickets and it meant much less work for them that week. Gives me the impression that the marching orders are based in part by revenue generation. Now that money's tight I wouldn't be surprised of an up-tick of oppression.