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Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by trothamel on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:02PM (#30013106)
I'm not sure that would help. From the picture and some other information, it seems a lot of this is to police Interstate 22, which runs past the town. My guess is the town sees fines from out-of-towners as a source of revenue, one that probably benefits the residents of the town proper.

This isn't a good thing, but it probably needs to be dealt at a state level, by passing laws preventing local officers from enforcing traffic laws on the interstate.

Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by Buge on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:36PM (#30013629)
The police are financing themselves with the fines. Without the fines, they wouldn't be able to go from 1 officer to 8 officers in a single year.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by trothamel on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:54PM (#30013853)
https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/5Ge7V/2/

They're probably financing a lot of the rest of the town, too.

Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by wavefunction on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:46PM (#30013753)
It has been dealt with at the state level just this past summer: https://www.wkrg.com/local-news/new-alabama-law-limits-polic... This sounds like a rogue police force of organized criminals.
Re:Police in tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘blac... by ansible on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:08PM (#30015040)
In my state, it is the state police that have jurisdiction over all highways. For example, if you have a car accident, Based on where it is, the 911 people will dispatch the city, county or state police.