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Police Chief Douglas Scott of Arlington County, Va., denies allegations of ticket quotas

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Arlington County's PoliceChief just wants this story to go away. The perception that his department has a quota system. Through a FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, request, WUSA 9 News obtained a pile of internal memos pertaining to expectations for numbers of tickets and arrests. Several give the appearance of a quota system.

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Gilbert: Can’t cheer this court decision

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From VTDigger.org:

No one who believes in government transparency and accountability is cheering the Vermont Supreme Court’s recent decision that police investigation records are “permanently and categorically” exempt from the public’s eye.

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