Your speeding ticket is paying for city budgets. Scholars of public finance reveal 'policing for profit' and how to fix it

Your speeding ticket is paying for city budgets. Scholars of public finance reveal 'policing for profit' and how to fix it

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When city governments spend more money than they take in, officials often search for ways to generate revenue. One increasingly common source of money is traffic tickets. And research shows police officers issue more traffic tickets when cities are financially in a deficit. But police represent…

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