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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan
Are you really serious when you say a Police Officer writing the ticket can set how much the fine will be? Wow! Just when I've thought I've heard all misconceptions about Police Officers, up pops a new one.
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I think he meant that they have discretion in deciding how much to write the excessive speed amount.....not the dollar amt of the fine. The former, they absolutely have discretion with.....the latter, none, as it is determined by the local ordinance's fine scale for amt over speed limit, as written in the tkt/citation/summons.