Who said Police are on a Quota system

**buggerlugs** · 27-08-2014, 04:57 PM

http://www.news.com.au/national/sout...-1227038031547
One of the local guys up here in Qld told me the exact same thing.......

cheap · 27-08-2014, 08:24 PM

Weasel words, benchmark implies competition which is even worse!

Nova 8 · 27-08-2014, 08:48 PM

Revenue should have never been tied to policing. Worst thing that can ever happen to the public.

**GasoLane** · 27-08-2014, 10:12 PM

I love this part.........

"I want to take the opportunity to put on the record again - very clearly - that there are NO quotas. However, I, and the Executive, make no secret of the fact that we have broad road safety benchmarks."

To me thats like a Government saying "it's not a Tax, it's a levy!"

zilo · 27-08-2014, 10:29 PM

How demeaning to people who aspired a career in law enforcement, to be treated as a shareholder accountable commodity.

Analogous to telling our soldiers that they have to shoot a variable quota of terrorists in Afghanistan every month to justify their wages.

Rockape · 27-08-2014, 10:37 PM

Police are just another branch of the ATO.

**buggerlugs** · 28-08-2014, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by zilo

How demeaning to people who aspired a career in law enforcement, to be treated as a shareholder accountable commodity.

Analogous to telling our soldiers that they have to shoot a variable quota of terrorists in Afghanistan every month to justify their wages.

My daughter joined the force but was told she would be on the beat for a minimum 5 years instead of 2 as they were so short staffed and losing officers as quick as they recruit them......

ms700 · 28-08-2014, 04:37 PM

Not sure what state it is, but the average time a typical Police Officer stays in the job is 7 years.....

blueoval · 28-08-2014, 04:50 PM

What a joke. Quota = benchmark, Benchmark = Quota. Que jedi mind tricks

Trump · 28-08-2014, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by zilo

How demeaning to people who aspired a career in law enforcement, to be treated as a shareholder accountable commodity.

Analogous to telling our soldiers that they have to shoot a variable quota of terrorists in Afghanistan every month to justify their wages.

Maybe that factor is a clue to the true nature of the police force. If its run like a for-profit corporation, maybe it is a corporation. Which begs the question, who are the shareholders? Not the public as it seems...

Batmobile · 28-08-2014, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Nova 8

Revenue should have never been tied to policing. Worst thing that can ever happen to the public.

The argument that asks an answer to the question ' if police are not collecting revenue' - then why not allow those fines to be funnelled to a charity of choice?'
I understand at times i speed , I fully acknowledge and understand the laws - and I understand the penalties in doing so - but to be caught( the manner by which you are caught) doing 63k's in a 60 zone and then fined $250 is what ticks me off.
The other night , out to dinner in a new area - we werent across the speed limit - with no signage
we took an educated guess given the location and wide of a double carriage way and opted for 70 k zone ... We then set along the road head buried in the instrument cluster doing 65k - then all of sudden - we spotted a un marked car recording your speed.
It was a 70k zone - so we were ok - however had we guessed wrong , we would have our picture taken and been $250 short.
Whats that all about - revenue - period . Rot they spin about saving lives is rubbish. They couldnt a **** - 63k is greater than 60k - so you pay.

malazn mafia · 28-08-2014, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Batmobile

The argument that asks an answer to the question ' if police are not collecting revenue' - then why not allow those fines to be funnelled to a charity of choice?'
I understand at times i speed , I fully acknowledge and understand the laws - and I understand the penalties in doing so - but to be caught( the manner by which you are caught) doing 63k's in a 60 zone and then fined $250 is what ticks me off.
The other night , out to dinner in a new area - we werent across the speed limit - with no signage
we took an educated guess given the location and wide of a double carriage way and opted for 70 k zone ... We then set along the road head buried in the instrument cluster doing 65k - then all of sudden - we spotted a un marked car recording your speed.
It was a 70k zone - so we were ok - however had we guessed wrong , we would have our picture taken and been $250 short.
Whats that all about - revenue - period . Rot they spin about saving lives is rubbish. They couldnt a **** - 63k is greater than 60k - so you pay.

Suburban limits, I don't have a problem with. With hidden intersections, blind spots and parked cars, the slower the better. But what s**ts me to tears is rookie cops being told to man a perfectly good section of empty guard-railed dual carriageway highway (their car facing the wrong way, mind you) 2am in the morning.