Are Lake Havasu Police Dishonestly Shaking Down California Tourists?

Not sure how accurate this is, so make of it what you will, but it is nonetheless an interesting discussion that shows the lengths some communities will go to in an attempt to keep their finances in the black.

That's one of the things I object to here in Washington state. The state troopers aren't there to enforce the law, they are there as basically a shakedown racket done at the behest of Governor Christine Gregoire. The speed limit on the freeways is only 60mph and the limit on big city streets is 40mph. In California and just about everywhere else, those limits are five mph higher. Washington does this to harvest more tickets and, as a result, there are many owner operator truckers who won't haul loads to the state.

Of course, this does zero for the comity between cop and civilian, too. Just what the police and the quest for public safety need, no?