Montreal's widely loathed quota system for traffic tickets is over, says Mayor Valerie Plante, as are lucrative performance bonuses for bosses that were tied to lower-level cops reaching the targets. Drivers aren't getting off easy, however, because the city's new budget estimates Montreal will collect roughly $12 million more in revenues from traffic and parking violations this year than in 2017. "We don't think it's the first mission of the police to trap drivers or cyclists for traffic violations," Goulet said. Despite the end of the quota system, Goulet couldn't say exactly why the city predicted it would collect more money this year in fines. "We estimate, it will be highly likely, the revenues generated from traffic and parking tickets (in 2018) will go back to normal," Goulet said.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2018 17:26 UTC