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Ex-Cop Ticketed Dead People to Reach Quota

Says it was preferable to ticketing the innocent

Reason Staff | 9.7.2012 10:52 AM

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A former cop who pleaded guilty in May to falsifying business records claims he only issued tickets to dead people because the NYPD brass said his 125 to 150 tickets a month weren't enough.

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