Somebody has to pay for the
Somebody has to pay for the police running to the donut shop for coffee, too. What you overlooked is that cops are on the clock when they're on duty. We tax payers have already covered the cost of having a police force. They need not write citations to justify their purpose. The revenue from traffic tickets goes into the State's General Fund. The village, town or city does not get the revenue from traffic tickets. I'm not saying traffic tickets are never justified, just they are at the Officers discrestion.