You guys might be comparing apples and oranges since
you live on opposite ends of the country (more ways
than geographically...)
FL Kev
--- Rick Davids <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I don't know where you got this info, but according
> to a cop I just >spoke
> >to, it is totally erroneous. Here's what he told
> me: "if an >officer is on
> >duty, then court appearances are part of their
> "duty" >day. If they are
> >off and have to go to court, then they get
> >overtime." But certainly not
> >to the tune of $3-400!
>
> Hmmm...actually got that figure off the web site.
> Guess I'm just
> disseminating disinformation.
> So maybe they're just making $100 or so to appear on
> an off day? I guess it
> depends on how many hours overtime they're given to
> appear. Cases with cop
> witnesses always go first on the calendar, so it
> can't be more than a couple
> hours actual time.
> Seems like if the appearance is cutting into their
> normal ticket writing
> time, the state would make way more money if they
> didn't show. They could
> write 5 or more tickets in the time it takes to
> defend one.
>
>
>
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