Tickets
The increased traffic on Fridays gave Officer Davis the opportunity to meet his ticketing quotas. This was becoming an increasingly contentious issue at the station. He was reminded by his chief, in a tone that grew more impatient, of the importance of the fines for the funding of the department. Davis felt the unspoken pressure, which made Fridays both a gift and a curse.
Davis, under pressure from the authorities, began to increase his vigilance, and he examined even minor traffic violations with a surgical precision. Davis was now able to see what he had overlooked before, and every minor deviation from traffic rules could be a ticket.
