Things like this make me a little emotional because of how much I miss my old life, but when see that my law enforcement career wasn’t entirely in vain, it makes it all worth it knowing we are headed in the right direction to repair the police and the public’s relationship.
“When constituent Eric Moutsos, fmr police officer, brought the issue of police quotas to me, I had no idea how serious the problem was. He was denied opportunities in the force when he refused to go out and charge/cite/arrest a few more people before he could clock out. We all seem to be annoyed by the thought of speeding ticket quotas, but imagine criminal quotas. In the course of this bill dozens of police officers shared their stories of quotas and how they felt pressure to go out and find more people to cite and arrest if they wanted promotions. They felt this was antithetical to community policing and had the potential to result in violations of citizen rights. It simply didn’t reflect the kind of police officers they wanted to be.
With Senator Howard Stephenson as the primary sponsor, we were able to work with law enforcement administrators to find a compromise that would protect citizens while allowing some measuring of policing activity.
While all of the legislation I’ve worked on impacts the citizens of my district, I love when I get to work on a bill that comes directly from a constituent and benefits so many others.”
– Rep Kim Coleman
Thank you Libertas Institute, Kim Fitzpatrick Coleman and Howard Stephenson for listening and taking action in a law that desperately needed to be passed in the state of Utah.
SB 154: Protecting rights of citizens by prohibiting police quotas
Posted by Kim Coleman on Saturday, October 6, 2018
