An Alabama police chief has resigned after reports were released that his town received almost half its municipal revenue from fines and forfeitures related to aggressive traffic enforcement.
The report appeared in a story on AL.com, leading Mike Jones to leave his position in the Jefferson County town of Brookside. The story reported on how the town had become a traffic trap thanks to the department relying on income from ticketing people for minor and questionable offenses along Interstate 22.
Debbie Keedy, clerk for the town of 1,250 people, released the announcement of Jones in a statement on Tuesday.
