Billy, a lot of that is purely because of the bean counters in Albany. Bureaucracies function on numbers. Without numbers they can't justify their existence. It's been plain to me for years that numbers are what drives the particular bureaucracy in question. I know for a fact it's not ticket revenue that drives it because they have nothing to do with that end, that's the courts job and what happens there isn't considered for the most part. They don't want you losing every case, but the fines don't matter. What matters is that numbers always go up, never down. When I started, catching a drunk driver was about as tough as putting on your socks. 20 years later it was a chore but the bean counters still wanted more numbers. Friends don't let friends drive drunk, MADD, increased fines and suspended licenses made a huge difference. But the bean counters can't see that. Today it's seat belts and cell phones. The numbers are supposed to go up forever and ever despite the plain fact more people are obeying the laws. And today it's even worse because the bean counters can micro manage the boys more than ever. I've actually had one present me with a spread sheet showing that there were certain periods of the day or week where activity was very low. The bone head bean counter could not understand that on a Tuesday night in February in parts of the North Country there just aren't many cars on the road! Counting beans, they can have it!
As far as the burg at that dealer, that type of thing is a real sore subject with most of the guys. The bean counters demand you produce numbers, work on other stuff can wait. The local Troops know how to go about finding the BG, or at least the best ways to do it with the most chance of success, but that takes a lot of time. The BCI guys know too, but they've got more important stuff to do like process background investigations for Governors Applicants (political appointees). All else stops when when the Govs office is leaning on someone for a fast background inv. And then there's the miracle of GPS- if Assemblyman Soandso or Mr. IgavealotofmoneytotheGovernorsparty is concerned about traffic near their home or if anyone is watching out for their Great Aunt Hortense, some poor schmuck will have to spend a couple hours everyday in that area making sure the traffic is moving at 30mph and that the dogs aren't barking or that Jamal isn't playing his boom box too loud. Capt Bean Counter can call up the GPS history and see if anyone is taking care of that particular problem and woe be the poor guy who doesn't put in the time in the right spot. Once thats' done it's back to getting the beans so someone can count them.
I could go on and on but who wants to listen to an old guy complain about things we can't do anything about...
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