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… Coffee City, a town in East Texas with a population of 250, had 50 officers heavily patrolling city streets and issuing millions of dollars in traffic tickets, according to a KHOU 11 investigative report.
“There’s not much to Coffee City, Texas,” KHOU 11 reporter Jeremy Rogalski wrote last month. “Two liquor stores, a couple of dollar stores, a pizza joint, and a motel. But this town, which is three hours north of Houston, has quite a reputation among those who drive through.” …
Da fuck were they doing with all that money? It had to be lining someones pockets…
If it was say, 3 million a year in tickets, that plays 50 officers 60k a year.
I wonder how often they seized assets.