Legislation that prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering the number of tickets and arrests in performance evaluations for officers was signed into law yesterday. The new law was sponsored by 24th district Assemblymen Parker Space and Hal Wirths. State law has prohibited ticket and arrest quotas for many years. This law goes one step further. Assemblyman Space said: "Not only is it unfair to factor the number of citations and arrests into an officers performance evaluation when we did away with quotas decades ago. There are much more effective performance measurements like decision making abilities, response times and work ethic..."Quotas are illegal because they harm communities and their relationship with law enforcement." Assemblyman Wirths said: "This law allows our dedicated police officers to focus on protecting and serving the public."
Source: Assembly Republican News
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