Police officers in Menifee, Ark., are no longer allowed to give tickets after an audit revealed the town amassed $120,000 in traffic fines in 2020.
Police officers in Menifee, Ark., face an unusual problem: they're no longer allowed to issue. The year-long ban was prompted by an audit that revealed nearly half of the town's revenue came from traffic violations in 2020, which violates an Arkansas law.
"Clearly, they were writing substantially more tickets than other communities that were similarly sized," explained Tom Tatum, the 15th District's prosecuting attorney, in an interview with news channelLocated about 45 minutes northwest of Little Rock, Menifee has a population of around 300, yet it collected $120,000 in fines in 2020.
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