New Ohio law targets ticket quotas

New Ohio law targets ticket quotas

A new Ohio law targets law enforcement agencies that pressure officers to meet ticket quotas. Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law a bill to outlaw a ticket or arrest mandate. The new law establishes that no requirement or suggestion can be made for an officer to meet a quota, nor can a benefit be offered to an officer based on the officer’s quota. A quota is defined in the new law as “a mandate of a certain number of arrests made, or citations issu…