Commentary: Police quotas inflate community tension and distrust — making officers’ jobs more difficult

Quotas build a wall between law enforcement and citizens, furthering an antagonistic mindset of “us against them.”

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, asks a question of Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, in the Senate Chamber in Salt Lake City, Thursday March 8, 2018.

Commentary: Police quotas inflate community tension and distrust — making officers’ jobs more difficult

Quotas build a wall between law enforcement and citizens, furthering an antagonistic mindset of “us against them.”

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