Comments on: AJC: DeKalb Police Wrote Fewer Tickets http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: ROn http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/#comment-80442 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:36:31 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80442 Actually this 5 million in tickets lost resulted in the recorders court being able to go after the more than 25 million in outstanding tickets and warrants resulting in over 7 million being collected that wouldnt have been collected had the officers not done this. So actually the strike resulted in the courts bringing in a ton and clearing a lot of old warrants and probation violations up.

]]> By: Moose http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/#comment-80100 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:22:58 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80100 You should keep in mind that the school superintendent’s salary is set by the Board of Education. The Police Department’s budget is set by the County Commission. These are two separate and distinct boards.

]]> By: Decatur's Token Republican http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/#comment-80093 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:05:31 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80093 Aren’t the actions of the Dekalb police sort of self-defeating? They don’t get raises, but they also reduce the amount of revenue going to Dekalb County by $5 million. So that reduction in county revenue would put them in even more financial jeopardy the following year.

I’m not judging their discontent, but questioning their actions. If I hadn’t gotten a raise last year, I wouldn’t have reacted by trying to make my employer lose revenue.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/#comment-80086 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:32:16 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80086 Same here. Not everyone who reads this blog is within the Decatur city limits. At any rate, I realize this was a bit of a threadjack and apologized in advance for it. I had just read those AJC articles and seeing DM’s post brought me to the boiling point re: Dekalb government, including but not limitesd to the school board.

]]> By: MyNameIsNotSusan http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/12/21/ajc-dekalb-police-wrote-fewer-tickets/#comment-80084 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-80084 Correct, and (obviously) known, but I do pay DeKalb taxes (as does alot of my family). She is a public servant. Period.

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