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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Do police really have speeding ticket quotas and if so how do they work?
gpt
Yes and no... Ticket quotas are explicitly illegal in most states and police departments will deny they exist because it implies that cops will write violations when they're not necessary or don't exist at all just to meet a quota.

However, any workplace, law enforcement or otherwise, will have "productivity goals." If you don't complete as many work tasks as your peers or compared to your previous work activity, you'll probably hear about it from your boss at some point. And if you can't keep up with the goals, then you'll find yourself on the outs with your boss and your team. The police operate in the same manner.

That's usually enough incentive for cops to go out and write tickets, so, the police force doesn't need to explicitly say, "You need a minimum of 2 tickets per day," which would be illegal anyway. They also get around illegal quotas by using vague language, like, "We expect officers to maintain at least a minimum level of work productivity and *approximately* X number of tickets per month."

The same goes for arrests, serving warrants, etc. They expect cops to make arrests, not by framing people or setting them up or anything, but by being diligent and active in their duties. If an officer is not making arrests all month, that doesn't necessarily mean there is no crime out there. It could mean the officer is slacking at his/her job.