the origin of "tagging a car" to mean giving it at ticket. Here's a 1941 example of a early parking summons, an actual tag with a string at the top. They were tied to the door handle.

https://harleydavidsonfactoryphotos.tumblr.com

here's a new one to me

Three Georgia State Patrol troopers who intentionally bumped vehicles or performed other maneuvers to stop vehicles during pursuits sought payouts afterward from the other driver’s insurance, claiming personal injuries to supplement their paychecks, an internal investigation found.

The three troopers and their supervisor were fired for violating Georgia Department of Public Safety policy and ethical standards 

After using their patrol vehicles to stop a chase — including a “precision immobilization technique,” or PIT maneuver — the troopers would send crash reports to a specific private attorney who would file a personal injury claim, the department said. Then the troopers would receive money when an insurance company settled out of court.

https://apnews.com/article/georgia-troopers-injury-claims-pursuits-4cfc2b673c46df82d26da9989dc88100

BUSTED! Fox 8’s NOPD overtime investigation after cameras found two high-paid sergeants at home while timesheets showed they were on the clock for regular shifts.

Fox 8 found thousands of edits tied to the officers’ timesheets, including more than 900 actions on one timesheet under another sergeant’s user ID and more than 1,600 actions on another timesheet under another sergeant’s user ID. 

 On March 3, March 5, March 8 and March 9, Boone’s timesheets show she was clocked in for her scheduled shift at 6:25 a.m. 

On all four days, Fox 8’s camera recorded her leaving home hours after she was on the clock. On March 8, video shows her leaving her home in uniform at 9:39 a.m., more than three hours after her timesheet showed she was clocked in.

The next day, video showed her walking to her car in uniform around 8:30 a.m., more than two hours after records showed NOPD was paying her.

https://www-fox8live-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.fox8live.com/2026/04/29/nopd-overtime-investigation-finds-more-sergeants-home-while-clock

this isn't AI generated or photoshopped, BUT IT SHOULD BE as a matter of pride, lol... why the hell did the Marines use Gremlins? Did the budget office hate them?

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10238335266098960&set=a.1654457159734

Colorado troopers pulled over 2,540 drivers for ‘hanging out’ in the left lane and failing to move right while traveling at slower speeds than the flow of traffic, in 2025

The top roadways for traffic stops for “hanging out” in the left lane in 2025 are as follows:

I-70 (962 contacts)
I-25 (564 contacts)
Hwy 50 (297 contacts)
Hwy 160 (190 contacts)
E-470 (149 contacts)

Troopers are reminding drivers that in Colorado, multi-lane roads with a posted speed limit of 65 m.p.h. or greater designate the furthest left lane as the “passing lane.”

https://cdllife.com/2026/colorado-troopers-pulled-over-2540-drivers-for-hanging-out-in-the-left-lane-in-2025/

interesting situation, 3 Riverside Police Department officers were given 100% VA disability, went to work for the police dept, and got diabled plates on their cars....

The Riverside Police Department is planning to fire three officers because they have disabled veteran license plates on their personal cars. 

The officers have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the department. 

 The three officers are military veterans, all with a 100% disability rating from the VA. The department is alleging they made false claims about their physical limitations to get those plates. 

Their attorney says that's not true.

https://www.foxla.com/news/riverside-police-officers-disabled-veteran-license-plates.amp

a coordinated “Commercial Strike Force operation” along the I-15 corridor from San Diego to the Nevada state line last Thursday, police partnered to conduct a “large scale” commercial trucking focused

245 total vehicle inspections (including 2 HAZMAT inspections) 

18 drivers placed out-of-service
40 vehicles placed out-of-service
4 vehicles impounded
Driver & Carrier Violations:

20 driver license violations
24 registration violations
27 operating authority violations
39 hours-of-service/logbook violations

270 mechanical violations  (from 245 total vehicle inspections!)
23 non-emergency stop violations
77 out-of-lane violations
6 cell phone violations
107 unsafe speed violations 
48 additional moving violations

352 commercial citations issued    (from 245 total vehicle inspections!)
56 commercial warnings issued
43 citations issued to non-commercial vehicles
11 verbal warnings

https://cdllife.com/2026/chp-issued-352-citations-during-one-day-commercial-vehicle-enforcement-detail-on-i-15/

the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last week to add increased oversight to the sheriff’s budget, including mandatory monthly reporting on overtime allocations.

The Santa Barbara County sheriff’s office paid out $21 million in overtime last year — with the top overtime earner making $170,000 in overtime on top of a base salary that was $103,000,

In some cases, they attempted to justify how they continue to run over budget. A recent audit “suggests that employees are taking advantage of the contract their unions negotiated to maximize the number of hours qualifying for overtime, by substituting paid sick or vacation leave hours for regular work hours and then making up the rest of their work week with hours that can be billed at time-and-a-half overtime rates,” the Independent reported.

“It’s a very common practice,” Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown told supervisors. 

Brown also acknowledged the overtime problem is rampant but not with just his office. “This is common throughout government — throughout the state and throughout the country,” he said. 

https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/santa-barbara-sheriff-overtime-21358937.php

One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did

Lieutenant Timothy Dolan, a 26-year veteran who leads the traffic unit and serves as vice president of the OPOA police union, was paid $493,247 in overtime in 2024. Combined with his salary and other pay, this netted him a $711,000 paycheck, making him OPD’s highest-paid employee — a title he’s held for several years now. His pay was almost double that of the chief of police and nearly three times the mayor’s paycheck.

In Dolan’s case, he earned at least $100,000 in overtime — and possibly far more — solely by reviewing paperwork for traffic collisions, records reveal.

The paperwork for Dolan’s overtime also reveals that OPD failed to document almost half of the overtime hours he worked, making it impossible to determine what he was doing much of the time.

Dolan spent over 800 hours of overtime in 2024 reviewing collision reports — the equivalent of about five months of work in a normal full-time job.

In 2024, Dolan logged an eye-popping amount of overtime — 3,304 hours, records reveal. This was on top of the 1,938 hours he worked as part of his normal shifts, for a total of 5,242 hours. That’s the equivalent of more than two and a half full-time jobs.

Some work stretches were seemingly superhuman, according to the records OPD provided us.

On July 9, Dolan reported he worked 23 hours. The next day, he worked 16 hours, and for the following three days, he worked 15 hours each.

Dolan’s overtime records raise concerns about how he, or any officer, can safely and effectively do their job without taking time to rest; he didn’t respond to questions about that.

“Truck drivers are only allowed to drive so many hours in a day for safety reasons,” said Julian Ware, vice president for IFPTE Local 21, a union that represents civilian city employees and which has been critical of OPD’s use of overtime. “I don’t think it should be any different for sworn officers who are carrying guns, tasers, and pepper spray, and driving vehicles. It’s a tremendous amount of responsibility that they have.”

“There’s so much research and data just in general about sleep deprivation and safety,” said Brooks. “It also impacts your irritability, your mood, mood swings.… How are you treating Oaklanders that you come in contact with? There’s no way that you’re having capable or competent judgment.”

according to his Overtime Worked Forms, he worked at least 19 days in a row — and Dolan worked 15 hours or more on all but two of these days. The department didn’t respond to questions about whether Dolan was authorized to do this.

For five years now, Oakland has struggled with immense budget deficits.

One major source of overspending in the city is the police department. By far the most expensive city service, the Oakland Police Department’s $386 million budget this year is about 19% of Oakland’s total spending. And each year, OPD has come under scrutiny for its runaway overtime spending, routinely blowing past its approved levels by millions of dollars. Last fiscal year, the Department spent over $55 million on overtime. Thirty-one million of this was over budget.

But historical data throws into question whether increasing staffing will rectify OPD’s chronic overtime overspending. A recent report by several civilian city unions found that over the past 15 years, even when department staffing increased, overtime continued to go up. From 2011 to 2024, staffing increased by nearly 9%. Over the same period, overtime went up by almost 200%.

Recent financial pressures have caused the city to lay off scores of civilian employees and freeze spending across a range of programs. Meanwhile, the number of police officers bringing in six-figure overtime packages rose dramatically.

In 2021, 58 officers were paid over $100,000 in overtime. By the end of 2024, the number of officers paid this much for overtime nearly tripled to 169.

And the number of officers making over $200,000 in overtime more than quadrupled from six to a total of 27 over the same period.

https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/oakland-police-overtime

a off-duty detail coordinator in the Sanford PD’s Professional Standards unit, was charged with 79 counts of official misconduct, as well as organized fraud, for faking 79 off-duty shifts for which he was paid more than $12K

A 23-year veteran, off-duty detail coordinator, former spokesperson for the Sanford Police Department, and investigator in SPD’s Professional Standards unit, was charged with 79 counts of official misconduct, and organized fraud, after swindling taxpayers of $12,640 for fake off-duty work shifts between October 2023 and July 2024, for off-duty work at Lofts at Eden apartments.

In the course of the investigation it was determined that Lofts at Eden never had a contract with the police.

“He also was … our lie detector guy,” 

He had resigned Dec. 10, but the Chief reversed it and instead fired him from the agency once a warrant was issued for his arrest.

https://www.police1.com/officer-misconduct-internal-affairs/fla-officer-charged-after-allegedly-faking-79-off-duty-shifts-for-which-he-was-paid-more-than-12k

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-police-officer-charged-fraud-79-counts-misconduct/69791019

a 23 yr old Nottinghamshire Police officer was arrested on 31 August and charged with drink-driving. He was due in the court on 19 September for drunk driving, but was pulled over on the way to court, for drunk driving. He then resigned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl65x00wxzo.amp

A woman with more than 100 arrests and dozens of traffic violations in Rhode Island was still behind the wheel, and was driving recklessly, when she left her lane and struck two telephone poles, and one 70 yr old

The 41 year old was driving "in possession of numerous illegal narcotics and packaging materials commonly associated with drug distribution," police said. 

She was charged with driving as to endanger, resulting in death, and possession of narcotics with intent to distribute. (Probably not for the firs time, so, what's the point of doing it again?)

She ahs been arrested eight times prior to this (so, three strikes must no longer be the norm?) and she has received 40 traffic citations, in addition to the 82 court warrants. (What is the minimum before they put some effort into jailing someone, and getting them in front of a judge?)

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/roderick-macleod-musician-rhode-island-car-crash-death

is a corrupt cop breaking the law, one bad apple? Inept? Unable to comprehend how to write a parking ticket, and NOT LIE about it (when the event was video recorded??) Or a result of what's going on in the city, where they're trying to make up this $250 million budget.

A viral video is shining the spotlight on what some drivers worry could be a troubling problem with the city of San Diego’s Parking Enforcement tactics.

A San Diego-area couple says a parking enforcement officer gave them what they’re calling a fraudulent ticket before their meter expired.

In a statement to NBC 7, a San Diego police spokesperson said the officer has worked in that capacity for two months, an internal investigation has been launched and the citation dismissed. (Truth, or plausible diniability/excuse that makes the issue go away in the fast paced news cycle?)

NBC 7 asked the Pearces if they think it's one bad apple or if they think this is a result of what's going on in the city, where they're trying to make up this $250 million budget.

“I’ve been wondering, and what I would like to uncover is what sort of pressures would the city or the department be placing on these individuals to where they would feel the need to falsify evidence like that to generate these citations," Donald Pearce said.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/video-shows-couples-car-ticketed-before-meter-expired/3943481/

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Disciplinary records are not factored in as the department evals fitness for promotion. The main qualifying factor are test scores

Chicago’s system of promotions remains out of step with other big cities. Police departments in New York City and Los Angeles consider disciplinary records before promoting officers, seeing their past actions as a critical factor in determining if they’re fit to supervise others.

In New Orleans, the police department created a promotions policy that considers an officer’s disciplinary history after it fell under a federal consent decree stemming from decades of corruption and misconduct. The department took nearly four years to create and launch its new policy.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions

Specialized, AliExpress and Chinese law enforcement have dismantled two counterfeit manufacturing operations, resulting in the seizure of over $1.6 million of counterfeit goods.

Bicycle Retailer reports the collaborative operation led the efforts to seize $1.1 million of counterfeit Specialized Tarmac SL8 road racing frames, Roval handlebars and wheels, as well as seatposts, forks and 9,500 sticker sets. The operation also seized fake items from Pinarello, Cannondale, Cervelo, and Trek.

The joint operation, carried out in March, collected over $1.6 million in counterfeit bicycle carbon fibre goods and saw the arrest and prosecution of seven individuals.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/specialized-works-with-aliexpress-and-chinese-law-enforcement-to-seize-over-16-million-in-counterfeit-goods.html

Finally, some cops remember they actually can do something the rest of society appreciates... bust the people parking illegally in handicap spots. There is not enough of this enforcement!

Mt Dora Police carried out a handicap placard enforcement operation at Walmart and Target, to protect accessible parking for those in need.

During the two-day operation, officers police conducted more than 80 traffic stops, and recovered over 30 handicap placards that were being used illegally

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1300192608804191&set=a.246455060844623&type=3&ref=embed_post
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/lake-county/police-confiscate-30-illegal-handicap-tags-walmart-target-sting-operation/J2CKLK4VLVAELGDJMTN5FMGG2I

cops must be full of donuts, and bored as hell to get out of the car to bother people who are putting xmas lights on their cars

 Florida law enforcement agencies are being grumpy with drivers who put xmas lights on their cars.

There is NO HARM CAUSED by taping holiday lights to the outside of their cars, in the lasnd of the free, home of the brave. 

But West Palm Police posted a picture of a recent traffic stop, showing a Tesla decked out in multicolored lights. “Yes, it’s festive. No, it’s not street-legal, whether you’re cruising the North Pole or our streets” 

Really? Ain't you got the backbone to chase some store thieves, bust some drug dealers, look for stolen cars, check for expired registrations, cars without insurance? Talk about god damn lazy. 

https://www.wftv.com/news/florida/ho-ho-hold-off-those-car-holiday-light-displays-police-warn/3CVTITUDDVGFTBIQWCXLH6MYWY

the cops must be hating Waymo about now... there's no one to power trip on and yell at. The robot car don't care! May as well call it a Honeybadger

A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions

For years, hundreds of car owners had their driver’s licenses suspended in Lorain Ohio for minor tickets like parking too far from a curb.

Now, Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley has paused the ticket-writing practice, and a municipal court judge began dismissing cases on Tuesday.

In Lorain, the city allowed auxiliary officers — who don’t hold police powers — to target parking violators with criminal summonses for minor infractions such as parking more than a foot from a curb or on a lawn.

The news outlet "Marshall Project - Cleveland" reviewed thousands of parking cases, spent hours in court, and talked to more than 25 people about their citations and suspensions.

In some cases, people were ordered to appear in Lorain Municipal Court within days of being cited for receiving a parking violation. For those who didn’t come to court, suspension orders soon followed, records show.

While most large Ohio cities issue only token fines, in recent years, Lorain Municipal Court judges ordered almost 600 license suspensions from parking tickets, according to court records. That’s on top of the fines that can range from $50 to $100.

The citations also often required car owners to stand before a judge in a packed courtroom as if they had committed theft, disorderly conduct or driving while intoxicated. 

Attorneys with The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland said The Marshall Project - Cleveland’s reporting shines a light on what it calls “unlawful license suspensions” that can impact housing eligibility, employment opportunities and financial stability for some people.

Lorain is one of the 10 biggest cities in Ohio. But The Marshall Project - Cleveland found the city is the only one that suspends driver’s licenses for a single unpaid parking violation.

None of the other large cities require violators to appear for criminal arraignments in court. Each city classifies the tickets as civil infractions. 

Lorain Police Chief Michael Failing said individuals should not have a license suspension over a parking ticket.

A 2019 ordinance update raised parking fines to $50 if paid within 72 hours, and $100 if paid after 72 hours. The legislation also stated that people who did not pay within 72 hours should be notified by certified mail and ordered to appear in court. But that practice was not happening, and vehicle owners were not notified, court records show.

The Lorain ordinance was tweaked again in November 2024 when the City Council gave the auxiliary unit the expanded power to write citations for all parking violations. Since that time, 1,155 citations were issued, and judges ordered 303 license suspensions, court records show.

Judge Mark Mihok said he did not know the ordinance required letters to be sent to violators. He said the Lorain Clerk of Courts should have sent the letters, but a clerk’s employee said they were never instructed to send letters.

Judge Mihok said he has felt pressure from the Lorain City Council and the mayor’s office to get money, especially after the state legislature passed a new law aimed at helping people with debt-related suspensions. He called traffic and parking tickets “a moneymaker, so we enforce tickets.” Judge Mihok said state lawmakers never lumped parking tickets into the new law.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/25/lorain-parking-tickets-suspensions

just another cop arresting someone in clear violation of their constitutional rights... another day ending in Y. But this time? The donut eater, arrested another cop. Badly. And it's all on video, and the news! Once again, I ask.... why aren't officers TRAINED on the LAW, especially CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?

and the donut eater? Arrested for drunk driving in 2019, but somehow? Kept his job in law enforcement.  Try and wrap your mind around how a cop is busted, and pleads guilty to, drunk driving, but keeps his job, and not because he knows how to do his job when it comes to constitutional rights. 

Not just any rights, the important ones that get all the headlines, the court cases won by the victims, and the payouts by the govt

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/adams-county-deputy-complaint-settlement-payout/73-be931a4a-3d75-4352-b705-892222c613dd