Union 26 (bar in the NE) was completely trashed by a couple people

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Locke

Not necessarily, when kids vandalized vehicles in my neighbourhood and got caught their parent's insurance was responsible for restitution.

that's a good point.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by gasman

If their "sting" generated a whole bunch of tickets (which it undoubtedly did based on the number of people i see on their phone) then you really hit the nail on the head, it was not at all a waste of time and money, it likely generated a ton of revenue.

That's a terrible rationale, and one of the reasons many tickets are given for perfectly safe behaviour. CPS has higher enforcement on places where the posted speed limit is lower than the safe speed limit, because more people speed in those places.

Memorial west of 14th Street, and basically all of Elbow Drive are a few examples, but there are more.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

i heard that they plan to open again in a few days, that's amazing.

Not really. Every day is catastrophic lost revenue. They clean up, replace TV's and whatever else is essential and open those doors not a second later to get cash in. Some things can be replaced later.

[Swarly]

Originally Posted by N-E-B

These are very short-sighted points of view. People who use their cell phones at red lights and don't notice the light turning green are annoying and deserve a ticket. Policing isn't always about "keeping people safe". It's also about enforcing the laws (which usually keeps people safe anyways).

Who's to say that they didn't keep people safe? Giving that ticket may have deterred people from using their phones in other situations while driving, which may have prevented an accident or two. There's no way to prove that, obviously, but it's certainly a plausible scenario.

definitely agree, very short-sighted on their part. If we could deter more people from using their phones it would be even better. Why not preemptively give everyone a ticket for talking on their phone so they know what kind of punishment they face if they were to drive dangerously even tho they haven't driven dangerously yet. It may prevent an accident or two. We could even bring this over to other crimes and just lock people up for a couple years on a murder charge so they will be more deterred from murder in the future. It may prevent a murder or two, there's no way to prove that, obviously, but it's certainly a plausible scenario.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Swarly

definitely agree, very short-sighted on their part. If we could deter more people from using their phones it would be even better. Why not preemptively give everyone a ticket for talking on their phone so they know what kind of punishment they face if they were to drive dangerously even tho they haven't driven dangerously yet. It may prevent an accident or two. We could even bring this over to other crimes and just lock people up for a couple years on a murder charge so they will be more deterred from murder in the future. It may prevent a murder or two, there's no way to prove that, obviously, but it's certainly a plausible scenario.

Yes. That's exactly what I was saying. Gold star for you.