Shoot, you know what? I just figured out those “revenues” I looked up were referring only to the extra fees applied to bail bonds (so all that $ going to the courts makes sense I suppose). Everywhere I looked for ticket revenue distribution gave me that same breakdown list, so I thought it was for the tickets themselves. I still don’t know where the actual meat of the ticket revenue goes. The fact that the data is so hard to find is pretty disconcerting though. Seems this out to be an easy-to-find thing.
I see comments from people who have had three tickets in their entire lives. I once got three speeding tickets in one day, in three different states. My agent said his underwriters told him that was a record (not the kind you want). I’m more “laid back” nowadays, but I did get pulled over a few years back, doing 85 in the middle of Kansas, with no others cars around. When the officer noted that my origin, Champaign, was home to the University of Illinois, I reminded him that we had “donated” a basketball coach, (Bill Self), to Kansas. He had a sense of humor, or maybe appreciated that I was trying to make Boulder, CO (1000 miles) straight through, since he let me off with just a warning.
Tennessee use to have a prefix indicating the what city you lived in based on population. Nashville was 1, followed by Memphis (2)…and so forth. It wasn’t a COUNTY indicator per say…but if you knew what city it was then you might know what county it was in. At least the police might no.
“Tennessee use to have a prefix indicating the what city you lived in based on population. Nashville was 1, followed by Memphis (2)…and so forth. It wasn’t a COUNTY indicator per say…but if you knew what city it was then you might know what county it was in. At least the police might no.”
That was a long time ago. You are correct but I’d forgotten about that. In Tennessee, plates are now issued by the county clerk and have a county decal. The cost of the annual registration is dependent on each county. There is a basic state fee, but the rest is county.
There are codes for active duty and retired military services that is optional. There are codes for firefighters and police, I don’t know if they are optional or not, but the worst speeding offenders I’ve seen have license plates coded for one of those. There maybe other codes as well.
That was a long time ago. You are correct but I’d forgotten about that. In Tennessee, plates are now issued by the county clerk and have a county decal.
I was stationed for a while in Tennessee after Nam. I registered my car in Tennessee…Prefix was a 10 (Clarksville).
In Tennessee and Arkansas, there are unincorporated towns. They are not allowed to levi property taxes, but are allowed to have a small sales tax added to the state and county sales taxes, about a quarter percent. Their only other source of income is traffic tickets, and for many of these towns, that is their only source.
One in Arkansas was in the news awhile ago because it was so aggresses in having one cop that wrote a ticket to every “out of towner” whether they were speeding or not, that the one cop was arrested by the state and their status of “town” was taken away.
In Tennessee, the town of Galloway had three cops for this purpose. It made the news because two of the cops were fired by the town counsel for answering a domestic disturbance call instead of letting the county sheriff handle that call.
“Last Train to Clarksville” the Monkeys. Remember that one. A lot of people don’t know the back story on that one. The Monkeys were put together by a TV studio for the purpose of the TV show and were under contract that included a clause that they could not record any controversial songs, including anti-war songs. The studio execs did not get the significance of Clarksville.
"co-writer Bobby Hart states that this is a coincidence. “There’s a little town in northern Arizona I used to go through in the summers on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called Clarkdale,” said Hart. “We were throwing out some names and then when we got to Clarkdale we stopped for a minute and thought that sounded pretty good. We thought maybe Clarksville would even be a little better. We didn’t know at that time that there is an US Army base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee, which would have fit the bill fine.”
The real coincidence is that at one point Jimi Hendrix, who was really in the 101st, although maybe not the best soldier of all time, opened for the Monkees.
In our state, there are district courts which are responsible for collecting the fines. Whether the monies are given back to the municipalities and how much I would think, would be determined by these courts. In other states, counties and their courts may have different guild lines and expenses.
Our county sheriffs are elected officials with deputies that are hired by the county. Until recently ( in the last 30 to 40 years) everyone’s training was at the discretion of the local municipalities and counties. Since, the state has taken over that task and all police officers in the state go through the same state academy training program which I ’ m sure must be more the trend in most states. I they don’t do it, state and federal aid to local law enforcement would be in jepardy. Most towns and counties couldn’t exist as they do without some help.
I would think over time, law enforcement along with it’s funding would get more consistent over time throughout the country. Would there be some areas resistant to state and federal intervention ? Sure. That’s probably where many movie story lines and problems are built around.
The real coincidence is that at one point Jimi Hendrix, who was really in the 101st, although maybe not the best soldier of all time, opened for the Monkees.
MustangSally…I wish I were that bright. My iPad decides what spelling to use when it can’t figure out what I mean and/or my pudgy fingers hit inappropriate keys…blame/credit Jobs posthumously.
