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Sorry but I disagree. In small towns and municipalities, the ticket money goes right back to the police department. </p>
<p>Ask AAA or google about the Town of Sewell’s Point, Florida. They are known far and wide (thanks to AAA warnings on trip-tiks for years) for the speed “trap” they have on A1A. They make LOTS of money. The money goes to city hall alright. But city hall also contains the police dept. That money stays right in Sewell’s Point and the Public Safely Dept (police) uses that money to fund their dept. They have a fairly stable population of about 2000 folks. I am guessing they pull in $50,000 a year in traffic tickets. I think they once pulled in closer to $100,000.</p>