Arbitrator Bonnie Siber Weinstock recently ruled that the NYPD has violated state labor law by penalizing officers in a Brooklyn precinct who failed to meet traffic summons quotas. Weinstock based her ruling on internal memos that showed that officers have been required to issue a minimum of four parking tickets, three moving violations, three quality-of-life summonses and two stop-and-frisks each month. Failure to do so would result in a poor annual evaluation and possible disciplinary action. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has denied this - saying on his radio show on Friday, 1/20/06 that "There are not ticket quotas, but there are performance standards". Still, the question remains:

What should you do if you think you were given a parking ticket to meet a quota?

It should be recognized that human error is a factor - perhaps the officer made an honest mistake and wasn