Keeping the Peace

Versus Keeping a Piece of Your Wallet.

A Madison Township, Ohio police officer whose record of busting real criminals is unbeaten found himself reprimanded for failing to focus on writing traffic tickets. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Officer Ken Braden only wrote 85 tickets last year when his most prolific fellow officer wrote 388 while arresting fewer criminals. For that, Police Chief Greg Ryan punished Braden.

“He gets paid as much as the other officers,” Ryan told the Dispatch. “He should do as much work as the other officers.”

Since when is it the primary duty of the constabulary to be revenue collection agents?

I do very seriously hope that Police Chief Ryan is an elected and not an appointed official and that that quote comes back to bite him in the ass during said election.

I wish even more that someone will use that quote to start a recall on his belligerent ass.

Ken Braden is welcome anytime here in the PacNW and either a citizen or a Keeper of the Peace.