First Increase In Tickets Since July Reported in January

Memphis, TN - The Memphis Police Union resident said it is likely that pressure to write tickets is what resulted in the first increase in citations since the ticket slowdown protest beganin July.

January say an increase of 893 tickets from January of last year. That is a 4% increase.

This is the first increase since FOX13 started tracking the tickets.

When the protest began in July, there was a 37% decrease in tickets.

August followed with a 38% decrease.

The following months also recorded double digit percent decreases.

Sources within the police department alerted FOX13 to the protest this Summer.

In July, officers saw a 5% cut in pay.

Police Director Toney Armstrong even alerted his supervisors to keep an eye out for a ticket slow down protest.

The officers were hoping to his the city in its pocketbook.

In total, 45,573 fewer tickets were written in the last six months compared to the same time the year before. Using the average price of a ticket, that is a potential loss of more that $2.6 million.