[pravda]

>"Arrest quotas" is a bit like voter fraud. It's talked about a lot, there's heavy speculation, but there's little evidence showing it exists in any systemic form.

No it isn't! In New York City, of course there are arrest quotas.

As a matter of fact, NYPD officers will arrest innocent people, on entirely trumped-up charges, just to make quota.

[mikestew]

I’m not saying there’s a [citation needed] for every single claim someone makes, but good golly this sure would go better with a link to back what you’re saying.

[pravda]

Here ya go:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/nyregion/16narcotics.html