4 Freeze!(STATELINE) (traffic ticket quotas) (Brief article)

Lawmakers have slapped the 'cuffs on traffic ticket quotas in Illinois. Arbitrary quotas "undermine the public trust in the police departments' priorities," said Representative Jay Hoffman (D), bill cosponsor. Governor Pat Quinn said the measure will spare motorists "unnecessary anxiety." The law followed reports of quotas in Carbondale, where officers were told to file 40 reports of "suspicious characters" each month...