So, where does all that "revenue" go??

[Captain Crawfish]

whos the cool guy who was posing for his buddies camera in the home depot parking lot near western center? is this typical serve and protect procedure? looked like a waste of taxpayer money to me

[03trubluGT]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09...-officers.html

That scandle didn't amount to a hill of beans when compared to the money making machine that it is.

Thanks for posting that link, I wasn't aware that there were more indictments, and I am glad that justice is being meted out.

[03trubluGT]

Politicians who kick back the cops.

After 20 years, I'm still looking for the first kick back....

It gets sucked into a black hole called the general fund.

Yea, and the city used that money to build the Fort Worth Omni Hotel. I should get to stay there for free...

To the city.

Hence why the city encourages speed traps, and discourages responding to all traffic accidents (as you have stated in the past).

This was pretty much a rhetorical question, but I'm sure the City Council's buddies get contracts, benefits, etc. To set the record straight, the city does not discourage responding to traffic accidents, it just directed the Traffic Division to focus on enforcement and left the accidents to patrol.

[roliath]

Another question, if it doesn't go to the police depts, then why all the new radar equip? Tahoes, etc...? Like Coppell PD, they have all the goodies.

Cash Chucker!

[Moose242]

Right, I would attribute that to taxes, but the police dept surely has its hands in that as well.

You mean that the police department is funded by taxes, and that towns that get more money from taxes can afford more shit than poor towns?

Fucking shocker.

[slow99]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09...-officers.html

Lmao... paying shitheads $110k a year to write tickets might pressure a budget.

[Trip McNeely]

Because Coppell is affluent.

Right, I would attribute that to taxes, but the police dept surely has its hands in that as well.

[stevo]

Surely this is a joke, right?

It is no joke, and don't call him Shirley.

Stevo

[Moose242]

If its to the city, then why is the city so broke and over budget in most cases?

Because its the city. It is run by a bunch of bureaucratic yahoos who employ a legion of otherwise unhireable nigs who need not worry about making a profit, losing their job, or even doing a good job for that matter.

If any business on the planet ran like the City of Dallas, then it would have to close up shop in less than a week.

Another question, if it doesn't go to the police depts, then why all the new radar equip? Tahoes, etc...? Like Coppell PD, they have all the goodies.

Because Coppell is affluent.

[stevo]

I realize that, but I would think this would put a pretty significant dent in it.

I would think it would depend on how much they spend and how much they budget.

Stevo

[bcoop]

Surely this is a joke, right?

[Mike]

Matt, I'm a huge fan of your work. It takes a real man to get on stage with Cowboys, Indians, Construction workers, and those others guys.

Thanks for all that you do.

[MIKEY]

Over time scandal.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09...-officers.html

[Trip McNeely]

Because they spend more than they budget?

Stevo

I realize that, but I would think this would put a pretty significant dent in it.

[stevo]

If its to the city, then why is the city so broke and over budget in most cases?

Because they spend more than they budget?

Stevo