Officers who alleged LAPD traffic ticket quota win $2-million judgement
Los Angeles Times | April 11, 2011 | 5:07 p.m.
A jury on Monday awarded $2 million to two Los Angeles police officers in a civil suit against the city and the department alleging there was a "quota system" for writing traffic tickets on the city 's Westside.
Officers Howard Chan and David Benioff, veteran motor officers with the LAPD's West Traffic Division, sued the department in 2009, alleging that their captain mandated each motor officer to write 18 tickets a day, according to the suit.
In addition to the quota, officers were told the tickets they gave out had to be for "major movers" such as speeding, lane stradling or running a red light -- offenses which could each generate revenue of several hundred dollars each.
The civil court jury sided with the officers by a vote of 11 to 1.
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