Fuel Surcharge on Tickets

Tags: Gas, police

HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a “fuel surcharge” on your next speeding ticket.

Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb soon will have to pay an extra $12 — to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them.

I don’t like the sound of this, and I expect to see other cities adopt the same idea.  Just because you get busted for speeding you should have to pay for the cops to be able to patrol?  Maybe I am just misled, but I thought that was what taxes covered

It wouldn’t be that bad if I didn’t know 100% without a doubt that many of the officers, at least around here, use their sheriff/police cars for their own personal business.  I’ve seen many of their cars parked at their homes that are 20+ miles away from from the jurisdiction that they work for.

I mean I totally understand that gas prices are hurting everything.  I almost expect public schools to either drop the whole bus program altogether, raise property taxes to help cover the growing costs of them, or to jump to shorter school weeks but longer days for the kids.  But having officers take advantage of the cars that are given to them to use, and then charge for gas (not including vehicle wear) that they are wasting on personal business is just absurd in my opinion.

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