In 2006 a new head of Los Angeles's West Traffic Division reportedly started a policy that every officer had to hand out at least 18 traffic tickets a day.
Officers Howard Chan and David Benioff took issue with the quota, which is illegal in California, and were punished for it by their superiors.
On April 11th they won a lawsuit against the department and were given $2 million in damages.
"LAPD officers who complained about ticket quotas are awarded $2 million" [Los Angeles Times], by Andrew Blankstein and Joel Rubin(April 12, 2011)
Update: "10 LAPD officers sue, saying department has traffic-ticket quotas" [Los Angeles Times], by Andrew Blankstein (August 4, 2011)
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