If it quacks like a duck...
Now HPD is calling its quotaproductivity policy a duck program:
Johnnie McFarland calls it a "ticket quota", which is illegal according to state law.
McFarland gave 11 News an internal HPD memo as proof. In it we learn in the northwest division what a captain expects from his patrol officers -- at least two "ducks" a day.
"A duck is a traffic ticket," said McFarland
We asked HPD that same question. A spokesman said the term "ducks" includes all types of arrests from felonies to traffic tickets.
He also pointed out that HPD does not have traffic ticket quotas.
"What we do have is standards of productivity. Every patrol officers is required to perform a certain number of activities," said Lt. Robert Manzo.
HPD confirmed the authenticity of the memo.
PREVIOUSLY: HPD's "productivity policy" begins
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/25/06 09:50 AM | Houston Politics | Print | Comments (1)
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