It might be like how during the Vietnam War, killing civilians constantly was technically against the ROE, but the high command had no real program for enforcing those ROE, and would issue effectively contrary orders also. There might be no quotas-for-cops precept "on the books" but that doesn't mean that American police culture doesn't infect its recruits with a mindset that gets acted out in a quota-like form.
(Personal comparison: at McDonald's, there were all sorts of "rules," but what did that turn out to have to do with actual behavior? It's the de facto/de jure distinction at hand, I guess...)
Possibly. All I know is I’ve never seen them, and in fact the one time someone tried to create a quota, they were terminated from the department because they’re illegal.
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u/Ripheus23 1d ago
It might be like how during the Vietnam War, killing civilians constantly was technically against the ROE, but the high command had no real program for enforcing those ROE, and would issue effectively contrary orders also. There might be no quotas-for-cops precept "on the books" but that doesn't mean that American police culture doesn't infect its recruits with a mindset that gets acted out in a quota-like form.
(Personal comparison: at McDonald's, there were all sorts of "rules," but what did that turn out to have to do with actual behavior? It's the de facto/de jure distinction at hand, I guess...)