Former Eastchester Officer Claims Department Enforced Ticket Quotas

and there was like other stuff that was coming out like to just verify people were writing tickets and it got worse and worse man it was like you I'm saying from 10 tickets to 12 tickets to 15 vehicle and traffic tickets now you can beir it like you know I'm saying at the end of the month you you got 15 tickets you you work 19 days that's you know whatever parking tiets add on that n they was doing it separately so you have to come in with like 15 to 20 vtl at like 20 to 40 parking CS so it's like [Music] 9-year Department veteran Anthony barbaran former officer with the East Chester police is suing the town a police chief and Lieutenant claiming he dealt with discrimination and harassment from Westchester news the lawsuit says Anthony bararan was disciplined for not meeting ticket quotas and passed over for promotions he was then put on administrative leave for allegedly making an unlawful arrest his attorney claims it was retaliation because bararan filed complaints with the equal employment opportunity commission Anthony wants the department investigated for imposing ticket quotas which is not allowed by the way and he says he has multiple documents that he says it's proof of a systematic pattern of imposed ticket quotas he says that it wasn't equal as some had less stringent requirements but that many would be expected to come up with at least 15 to 20 tickets per month lohud.com reports that in 2017 there was print out posted to a bolletin board listing many officers by name and displaying how many parking tickets traffic tickets and summonses they issued over two weeks loha describes many more examples so check them out dozens of supporters rallied in support of Anthony barbaran during the same month that he was put on leave Anthony claims the supervisor began to stress more and more over time the need for more vehicle and traffic tickets under a productivity standard which he believes was to generate more Revenue the chief of police as of 2022 anyway Joseph Rodriguez claimed Anthony was lying and an incompetent officer Rodriguez also claims the department policy has been and remains in compliance with legal requirements a USA Today Network investigation reviewed dozens of documents and internal memoranda that showed Eastchester PD did prioritize ticket writing over other aspects of the job this from lwh hood.com they reported that documents were reviewed and displayed that the department closely monitored the productivity of officers and scrutinized their ticket generation there were assignment sheets for officers identified as requiring activity monitoring issued and Anthony barbaran received one of these in August of 2020 he was required to log daily the intersections he parked at how many hours he was there and how many tickets he issued that investigation is part of a project USA Today New York is doing to track ticket practices across the state

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Length: 2min 48sec (168 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 07 2024