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Small Alabama town draws drivers into “legal black hole.”
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:05 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:05 am
From Wikipedia: Brookside, Alabama population 1,253.
AL.com
AL.com
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Months of research and dozens of interviews by AL.com found that Brookside’s finances are rocket-fueled by tickets and aggressive policing. In a two-year period between 2018 and 2020 Brookside revenues from fines and forfeitures soared more than 640 percent and now make up half the city’s total income. And the police chief has called for more. The town of 1,253 just north of Birmingham reported just 55 serious crimes to the state in the entire eight year period between 2011 and 2018 – none of them homicide or rape. But in 2018 it began building a police empire, hiring more and more officers to blanket its six miles of roads and mile-and-a-half jurisdiction on Interstate 22.
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The growth has come with trouble to match. Brookside officers have been accused in lawsuits of fabricating charges, using racist language and “making up laws” to stack counts on passersby. Defendants must pay thousands in fines and fees – or pay for costly appeals to state court – and poorer residents or passersby fall into patterns of debt they cannot easily escape.
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In 2018, when the town had one full-time police officer and a few part-timers, it reported no serious crimes to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. Brookside Police did patrol the 1.5-mile stretch of Interstate 22 within their jurisdiction and wrote tickets that brought in $82,467 in fines. That contributed a 14% chunk of the city’s total income, a number that would be considered high in much of America.
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By 2020 officers in the sleepy town were undergoing SWAT training and dressing in riot gear, even as the city continued with only a volunteer fire department. It parked a riot control vehicle — townspeople call it a tank — outside the municipal complex and community center. Traffic tickets, and criminalizing those who passed through, became the city’s leading industry.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:06 am to UndercoverBryologist
They learned from Louisiana towns, I bet?
My money would have been on Trinity, though. frick Trinity.
My money would have been on Trinity, though. frick Trinity.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:07 am to UndercoverBryologist
Better lock your doors and slow down. Reminds me of Golden Meadow.
These kinds of shakedowns are little better than the mafia in Russia and Cartel areas. They don’t protect anyone and are basically just Mandatory bribes.
These kinds of shakedowns are little better than the mafia in Russia and Cartel areas. They don’t protect anyone and are basically just Mandatory bribes.
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 11:17 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:07 am to UndercoverBryologist
shite like this gives police a bad name, and deservedly so.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:08 am to UndercoverBryologist
Back the Blue?
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:09 am to UndercoverBryologist
"To protect and serve . . . our coffers."
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:09 am to UndercoverBryologist
Livingston Parish comes to Alabama.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:09 am to UndercoverBryologist
What is this, Robeline?
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:09 am to LSUBoo
Yep. frick cops like these. Stealing from people.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:12 am to UndercoverBryologist
Driving through northern Alabama to get to 30A has become a nightmare. I can tell you this isn't the only town doing this is that despicable state.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:12 am to Sasquatch Smash
Unfortunately for every one good law officer there is 3 bad ones. Same goes for the leadership.
It is complete BS they have that armored vehicle, that needs to be sold ASAP.
It is complete BS they have that armored vehicle, that needs to be sold ASAP.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:12 am to UndercoverBryologist
Every small town in Louisiana doing that Mark Cuban taking notes gif
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:15 am to fr33manator
quote:That's the thing - it doesn't matter. It's an infuriating read.
Better lock your doors and slow down. Reminds me of Golden Meadow
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:17 am to LSUBoo
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shite like this gives police a bad name, and deservedly so.
Correct. This is a bastardized version of law enforcement and shame on the officers who knowingly contribute to this racket.
Law enforcement is about the safety of the public, not revenue generation. As much shite as BRPD gets, they certainly aren't out there fleecing people with traffic tickets.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:18 am to UndercoverBryologist
Just like Turbeville, SC
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:18 am to GREENHEAD22
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Unfortunately for every one good law officer there is 3 bad ones. Same goes for the leadership.
Eh, I don't think you can compare a shitty small town like this to a real police department. The Brookside officers, similar to Port Barre and Krotz Springs, are all small town scumbags.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:19 am to UndercoverBryologist
Cheneyville and Woodworth says "hold my beer"..
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:26 am to UndercoverBryologist
Reminds me of an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called The Crooked Road with Walter Matthau
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