There is no money in enforcing the Law, the Left even calls it Racist to enforce Laws. Most criminals don't pay fines and it costs a lot to jail them. The lack of money make the Courts and Law enforcement under pressure to accept Bribes from the GOV or other entities that want them to change to Woke Policies.
Portland was just complaining about having only 1 traffic control officer as all the rest have been reassigned to fill the retirements and others that have quit due to Leftist policies.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/lo...land/283-600087cc-248f-4775-b64a-a4f1a1ae42d2
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Portland is down to one full-time traffic officer as speeding tickets plummet"
"When I first came to the traffic division, we had 35 motorcycles and probably 10 or 12 cars back in 2009. And before they dismantled everything, we were down to about 18 or 19 motorcycles and one car. And now we're down to one motorcycle full-time," Sgt. Engstrom said.
Dismantling refers to the reassignment of officers in the traffic division to help with staffing shortages within precinct. Portland police staffing dropped from 934 sworn officers in June 2020 to 554 in June 2021.
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This leaves the average tax paying vehicle owner that will pay their tickets as one of the last source of revenue for these PDs, expect more speeding cameras to take up the slack. Looks like they are even just using video as evidence to seize property and issue citations as there are not enough Officers to actually witness the crimes.