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Advocates and officers describe harms of ticket quotas as Senate hears bill to ban them
Summary
Supporters including OFUPAC, the Ohio PBA, the FOP and a former patrol commander urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass Senate Bill 114, a measure to prohibit ticket and arrest quotas and create an anonymous reporting avenue to the attorney general. Former Independence patrol commander Leonard Mazzola described how an implemented quota and
Advocates, union representatives and current and former officers told the Senate Judiciary Committee that ticket and arrest quotas undermine policing and public trust and should be prohibited by law.
Emily Cole, executive director of Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change (OFUPAC), described quotas as policies that encourage revenue generation over public safety and said the bill would reduce unnecessary interactions between officers and Ohioans. "Productivity in a department should never be tied to police enforcement…
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