[ryankupyn]

The most frustrating thing about this is that these aren't even official government cards (they're issued by the union instead), so it's harder to crack down on them through your elected officials.

Even if you banned cards (and I'm not sure you could), unions might just shift to making "Police Benevolent Association Family Member" license plate frames - or any other token. I think the most efficient way to solve this might be to have the law fall more lightly on everyone - reducing the benefits to connected citizens relative to the their less fortunate neighbors.

[bradleyjg]

It’s plenty easy to crack down on them. It’s conspiracy to commit wire fraud of the intangible right to honest services variety. That’s a RICO predicate. The entire corrupt PBA organization could be rolled up. It won’t be, but it could, and should be. Just need a US Attorney for SDNY or EDNY with the stomach for taking on the Blue Wall.

[solomatov]

IANAL, but AFAIK, SCOTUS pared down honest services fraud. http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/06/honest-services-law-pared-...

[williamscales]

Out here in California there is something called the 11-99 foundation, associated with the California Highway Patrol. If you donate enough they give you a license plate frame. I've heard rumors that this sometimes confers similar benefits on the driver of a car displaying the license plate frame.