Ticket spree targets lawmakers who cut cops bonuses

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Next time someone says complain to lawmakers because cops have nothing to do with lawmaking...


A Boston cop's ticket-writing spree around the State House the same day senators slashed the controversial Quinn Bill police bonuses is being probed as a possible case of political payback.

Boston Police officer John P. Mullan slapped 15 tickets on legislators cars in a blitz late Wednesday afternoon.

Mullan earned $110,000 last year, $13,000 of which was from his Quinn Bill education bonus.

"Internal affairs will conduct an investigation to determine if it was improper use of authority," said Boston Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll when asked whether the tickets were retribution for the $51 million Quinn Bill cut. "The district captain will suspend the officer for two days based on poor judgment."

Mullan's spree, if sparked by Quinn Bill rage, would be the leading edge of intensifying pushback that lawmakers are feeling as they take on a long-held sacred cow - significant bonus pay incentives for educational degrees earned by police officers.
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