(WXYZ) — Police say traffic tickets can serve as powerful safety tools to get drivers to slow down and follow the traffic laws. But officers say forcing them to write a certain number of tickets is not only illegal, it’s bad for the community. And that’s exactly why one local officer says he decided to blow the whistle on his own department.
“This is my second time being pulled over,” said Arnetta Brown.
Brown says she only recently moved to Lincoln Park and already she’s been stopped for traffic violations twice.
“I got a ticket the first time,” said Brown.
The second time she got a warning, but Brown says she’s still frustrated. And she got mad when we told her that Lincoln Park’s officers say that up until recently, they have had a ticket quota.
Ticket quotas are not allowed under Michigan law.
“I don’t like that. That doesn’t seem right. That’s not what I’m paying my tax dollars for,” said Brown. “If you know someone …