Topic:
Ticket quotas prohibited
(Manar, D-Bunker Hill; Hoffman, D-Collinsville) prohibits the use of ticket quotas by law enforcement officers employed by the State, county, or unit of local government. It prohibits the unit of government from requiring a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations within a designated period of time. It also prohibits the unit of government from comparing the number of citations issued by the law enforcement officer to the number of citations issued by any other law enforcement officer who has similar job duties to evaluate a law enforcement officer’s job performance. Exempts a municipality with its own independent inspector general and law enforcement review authority. It also preempts home rule. Effective Jan. 1, 2015.