Is the NYC cops refusal to issue tickets illegal?

[lumberjack_jeff]

If so, is it being coordinated by the NYPD union?

If so, explain to me why this isn't a RICO violation and why the justice department shouldn't make arrests.

[elleng]

1. Surely violates their job obligations,

but as supposed to enforce NYC laws, RICO connection not clear to me. (But RICO is rather a 'mess,' so not sure.)

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. If the union is coordinating illegal activity, they are a criminal enterprise. n/t

[Historic NY]

8. They better be prepared to represent each an ever case brought against the cops...

[Glassunion]

3. No.

[951-Riverside]

4. Maybe but who is going to challenge it?

I wouldn't.

Tickets are about generating revenue and quotas. They need to be focused on real crime not jaywalkers and subway fare jumpers.

[villager]

5. Right. Tickets have *nothing* to do with "safety," and are all about "asymmetrical taxes" imposed...

...on the most vulnerable, and less well-off....

[yeoman6987]

13. They are trying to bankrupt the city and blame the

Mayor.

[chickenfairy]

6. I just paid a $95 ticket online

Because I parked in a spot that was commercial so really don't care.

[madokie]

7. If you'll notice

as the tax on the rich went down the services we all need lose funding and to keep them going, in some cases, they turn to us. Higher property taxes is one of the ways we're paying for a part of education that the taxes used to pay for. Its all through our system. From the way our infrastructure is in bad need of attention to the healthcare of our citizens. This has been a concerted effort the rich have been on getting us where we are and they're not finished yet.

[JEFF9K]

9. Robert Reich does a good job of explaining ...

how lost revenue from Reaganomics is being replaced with other taxes in his book THE WORK OF NATIONS.

[madokie]

10. I've been living it since '80

'81 I guess to be correct. I seen through the voodoo economics all the way back when busher the senior was trying to tell everyone during his run for the nomination against st ronnie. Some of us listened, some didn't. It became known as trickle down economics

[branford]

11. No. There is no law mandating the issuance of tickets by police.

It may, however, be a violation of the collective bargaining agreements between the City and one or more of the constituent unions comprising the NYPD. However, since ticket quotas are not supposed to exist, even a very small minimum of tickets issued by officers would probably permit the unions to claim technical compliance with the contract, and or at the very least, fight the city for years in court.

Think of the action by the actions by NYPD officers as simply a strike or work slow-down just like a labor action by any other union like the Teamsters or Longshoremen. If the action violates the relevant contracts or it is otherwise not permitted by the relevant labor law (e.g., the air traffic controllers and Reagan), the employer, in this case the City, can take disciplinary action against the non-compliant officers allowable under the contracts, including the possibility of employment termination. However, I can envision no scenario where the police officers or unions could be charged with a criminal violation or be liable for civil damages for not issuing tickets..

[treestar]

12. How could it be proven that they saw a violator

and let him go?

I've been let go after being stopped on two occasions without getting a ticket. Was that a violation too?