JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Attorney General Eric Schmitt has settled a lawsuit
against a southwestern Missouri city that his office alleges used traffic ticket
quotas to generate revenue.
Schmitt on Tuesday announced that the City of Diamond agreed to immediately
stop the practice. The settlement agreement also requires training for top city
officials in compliance with Missouri laws against traffic quotas.
According to court records, Diamond’s police chief allegedly wrote on a white
board that the city was $5,000 behind. The note instructed officers to write
tickets “now.”
Schmitt sponsored legislation during his time in the state Senate that banned
ticket quotas and issuing tickets to generate revenue.
The settlement subjects Diamond to a $100 fine for every day of noncompliance
moving forward.
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