The Business Behind the Badge
April 24, 2009 | Virginia News
City of Hopewell. Population 22,354. Traffic tickets written in 2008 =2,096. Tickets for January and February of this year (2009) = 719
Hopewell is on track for a 100% increase. And double its revenue.
Sheriff Greg Anderson has been Hopewell's Sheriff, for four years and is the brainchild of the 295 Plan. The plan involves officers running radar along a short stretch of 295 in Hopewell.
"It's a project I took on to give back to the City," says Anderson, "About $165,000 (of the ticket revenue) goes straight into the City treasury."
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