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Originally Posted by Bill

I disagree. The officer drew it out. He's in control, not her. It's HIS traffic stop, as he tells her. He's the boss. He dictates what happens. He has discretion. Why didn't he simply tell her she was under arrest, then grab her and throw her to the ground when she didn't immediately comply by turning around and putting her hands behind her back? He could have had her in the back of the squad car in a matter of minutes, probably back to the jail and booked, in the amount of time all those policemen spent pussyfooting around.


~speeding
~fleeing and evading
~resisting without violence
~obstruction

BUT, he knew right from the beginning that he wasn't going to slap the cuffs on her, so why didn't he just write that speeding ticket and leave?


As far as quotas and incentives, yes, I agree that other than the overtime to appear in court that comes with writing a bunch of traffic tickets, there's no direct "cut of the action."

That doesn't mean that there aren't 'productivity' targets, because the more 'citizen contacts,' the bigger the possibility that one or more of those random sad sacks will have warrants, or a trunk full of dead hookers, drugs, or something else.

You obviously speak as a Monday Morning Quarterback with no direct knowledge of department policies.