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Sunday, October 05, 2014

Police force in the 'most corrupt city in America' is disbanded after speed trap scam that made up half of city's revenue was exposed

The city that once covered half of its $1million budget with speeding ticket fines and other 'police revenue' is disbanding its department.

The Waldo City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to dissolve the police force after both the police chief and his replacement were suspended over allegations that included ticket quotas.

The decision to disband Waldo's police is partly due to the estimated costs of modernizing the department's facilities and computer systems, which investigations triggered by corruption allegations showed were outdated.

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where's Waldo?

Anonymous said...

He the one with the striped shirt 9:21.

Anonymous said...

Don't speed. pretty simple.

Anonymous said...

SAlisbury? ???

Anonymous said...

Glad they shut it down - aside from the don't speed comments - it was still not right!

Anonymous said...

Going to be a better place to live without all the police harassment.

Jack K Richards said...

Florida

Anonymous said...

Salisbury has a corrupt fire department, corrupt fire chief and a corrupt mayor.

Anonymous said...

Speaking of corrupt mayor what has happened to Jim Ireton's firing of Lore Chambers?

Anonymous said...

I've been to Waldo, it's down the road from Brooker and Graham in north central Florida. This story is TRUE!

Anonymous said...

Smells like Fruitland.

Anonymous said...

Anytime you have Democrats and Homos in charge you have corruption.

Anonymous said...

Isn't that why barbara duncan left my vernon, funneling money?

Anonymous said...

Emporia Va should be next, bunch of thieves.

lmclain said...

I keep telling you --- its NOT (and has NEVER been) about your "safety"...
It ALL about adding dollars to the treasury.
And 9:41 is either a cop or one big uninformed dumbass. Or both.
Ticketing citizens for 1-3 miles an hour over the ridiculously low posted limit (then alternating it 3-4 times over a 2-3 mile stretch) has absolutely NOTHING to do with "safety".
THAT is SO obvious to everyone (except the Gestapo) that they DISBANDED these highwaymen (robbers and strong arm thugs with a badge).
I can name several DOZEN towns and counties between here and Daytona Beach that LIVE off $150-300 fines for 4 mph over the limit.
Of course, the Gestapo NEVER drive the speed limit (equal justice under the law? LOL!!!!!!!!!!).
Keep cheering.
You're next.

LastMohican said...

Anonymous said...
Emporia Va should be next, bunch of thieves.

October 2, 2014 at 7:52 PM

Just curious, are you a truck driver?