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Ohio Public Safety Committee hears testimony on banning ticket and arrest quotas
Summary
Lawmakers and law-enforcement witnesses told the House Public Safety Committee that proposed legislation (SB114/HB131) would ban ticket and arrest quotas in personnel evaluations, create an Attorney General reporting path, and is backed by police chiefs and unions; witnesses recounted career damage tied to quota systems.
The House Public Safety Committee heard sponsor and proponent testimony on legislation to prohibit law-enforcement agencies from using ticket or arrest quotas as the basis for evaluation, compensation, or discipline.
Senator Tom Patton, sponsor of Senate Bill 114 (the Senate companion to House Bill 131), told the committee the bill passed the Senate unanimously and would "prohibit law enforcement agencies from using tickets or arrest quotas as the basis for evaluation, compensation, or discipline" and establish a reporting system to the Attorney General to investigate allegations of unlawful quota use. Patton said the bill grew…
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