Police Dress Up Like Easter Bunny, Have Motorists Cited for Seat Belt Violations

[theweakerbrother]

Florida police pose as giant bunnys to catch illegal drivers - msnNOW

In Florida, officers are dressing up like the Easter Bunny holding a sign that says "Have a Safe Hoppy Holiday, Buckle Up!"

The officer dressed up as the rabbit would somehow signal (article is unclear) to other officers down the road the description of the drivers/vehicles in violation and they would be ticketed. 50 motorists were ticketed in two hours of "police work."

 

[traderdan]

WOW! The state of FL must need money baaaaad!

 

[Expat]

Florida seems to be becoming more and more like Cali every day, another land of fruits and nuts.

 

[JettaKnight]

"What did you do at work today, honey? A high speed chase? Maybe bust a meth lab?"
"No, I dressed up in a Easter Bunny suit and held a sign"
"What, like the Cash for Gold guys?"
"Yeah, just like them."
"Oh, I have a headache tonight."

 

[Denny347]

hHahahahahahaha

 

[theweakerbrother]

hHahahahahahaha

You should try this dressed up... you could be a Decepticon. See what I did there!? Lulz

 

[level.eleven]

We have a couple of furries that post around here. I hope they get to see this thread.

 

[level.eleven]

Remember kids, there are no such things as quotas. Just keep repeating that it and it becomes true. It is about safety.

Email: Troopers plan ticket blitz | WTNH.com Connecticut

 

[mrjarrell]

Remember kids, there are no such things as quotas. Just keep repeating that it and it becomes true. It is about safety.

Email: Troopers plan ticket blitz | WTNH.com Connecticut

We have been assured that quotas do not exist. Instead they have "performance goals". Surely, they could not be the same.

 

[Compatriot G]

Several years ago, I had a DOT officer explain it to me. He said ISP doesn't have "ticket quotas". They are required to make a certain number of "contacts" per month. He defined a "contact" as a written warning or a citation. This would explain why the last time I was stopped by ISP, the trooper gave me a warning(headlight out) and told me he was "required" to give me something if he pulled me over.

 

[TaunTaun]

Ticket quotas are phased out.

Contacts per month is the Performance Metric. If they do not have enough per day, then they are seen to have been not doing their job. This results in a RPS (Rapid Problem Solving) in which the root cause(s) are identified. In this case, it may be that not enough drivers were being able to be cited for that particular infraction. Thus, the police must be able to get closer to each driver to visibly check each seatbelt.

If this does not work, another corrective action will need to be undertaken. If the metric goals are not re-written, officers may be forced to break into cars to cut the seatbelts, thus giving themselves something to enforce...

 

[Chesh97]

That's awesome! LOL.. even though I despise seat belt laws.

 

[Westside]

We have been assured that quotas do not exist. Instead they have "performance goals". Surely, they could not be the same.

I was told it was replacement car priority lists.

 

[down3green]

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I guess all the clown suits were already rented out.


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[hornadylnl]

With all the break ins and other crime that appears to be such a problem down there, maybe these bunnies should be working on that.

 

[JettaKnight]

Several years ago, I had a DOT officer explain it to me. He said ISP doesn't have "ticket quotas". They are required to make a certain number of "contacts" per month. He defined a "contact" as a written warning or a citation. This would explain why the last time I was stopped by ISP, the trooper gave me a warning(headlight out) and told me he was "required" to give me something if he pulled me over.

A FWPD officer told me no quotas. Then two months later he said quotas are now being implemented. Of course, this hearsay. This was about a year ago when I was discussing a particular corner where I logged about 15-20 illegal turns per hour. I actually stood on the corner for two hours and photographed all violators. Some weren't amused.

Addendum: This officer also said he mostly gives out warnings for that sort of thing. That is until the violator says, "Don't you have some other crime to investigate?". Insulting an officer in such a snide way is a surefire ticket magnet.

 

[rambone]

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I guess all the clown suits were already rented out.


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[IndyDave1776]

This just goes toward supporting my theory that 'law enforcement' is not about protecting the public, but rather thieving from the public.

 

[oldshaky]

This just goes toward supporting my theory that 'law enforcement' is not about protecting the public, but rather thieving from the public.

Good point ! Its funny how I can choose to ride my motorcycle without a helmet , but cant drive my truck without a seat belt .

 

[theweakerbrother]

Good point ! Its funny how I can choose to ride my motorcycle without a helmet , but cant drive my truck without a seat belt .

It's never been about safety, but always been about money.