Dallas County constables' growing ticketing said to boost safety - and county coffers
October 27, 2009
Texas Tech University law professor Charles Bubany, an authority on Texas criminal procedure, said that judges like to think that they're engaged in rehabilitation and deterrence, but that traffic enforcement is 'basically a revenue collection device.'
For several weeks, Will Hartnett watched deputy constables work a location near Woodall Rodgers Freeway, issuing traffic tickets "by the bushel." Similar scenes have played out elsewhere in Dallas County.
Texas Tech University law professor Charles Bubany, an authority on Texas criminal procedure, said that judges like to think that they're engaged in rehabilitation and deterrence, but that traffic enforcement is "basically a revenue collection device."