You always hear Chief Roca and Mayor Tuerk talk about Sweep Tickets. They claim if you swim in our waterways you can get a $100 Sweep ticket. Lets look at the truth of these tickets. What happens if you do not pay them? Do they turn into a warrant? No. Do they increase in price for penalty for not paying on time. No. Does your drivers license get suspended? No. Is their any real reprocussions for not paying the ticket? No. There are alot of No's associated with the Sweep ticket. But I was able to come up with a number that is a yes. Though I do not have paperwork documenting this, my sources are very strong. The yes is that there are 3.5million dollars in outstanding Sweep tickets that have not been paid. 3.5 million!!!! So why do these two brag about the consequences of getting a Sweep ticket when their isnt one? There is no way someone from out of state is going to pay one of these things when people living in Allentown dont. Then you have a former Sweep officer state in a council meeting that Councilman Hendricks tickets were always forgiven. Hendricks didnt dispute this statement either. So whats the damn point of these things? Lastly, the new head of the Sweeps department is conviently good friends with one of the mayors staff. The drama never ends. Guys please stop trying to impress everyone with this Sweep crap and how effective it is. The truth hurts.
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Never heard the term Sweep Tickets before but I understand what that activity looks like. Violations are found, notices to violators are made. But, as you state, no actual penalties are enforced.
Those who legitimately break a law, no matter how minor that law, MUST experience some level of inconvenience and individual harm. There must be a negative response to their behavior. Some reaction they ultimately feel is a result of their own negligence. Without this, violators laugh and go on their merry way, only to violate again.
What is it about America today that makes everyone afraid of truly disciplining those who “get out of line?” Yes, it’s confrontational. But, the police and others in authority clearly have the rules, and the tools, on their side.
I have zero confidence in city leadership. If this is true, we are heading towards ruin. Luckily, we will have bike paths to get the hell out of Allentown.
I only speak the Truth on here. However, if one can significantly prove me wrong, I will own my mistake. Thanks for your comments. Everyone needs somewhere to Bitch.
If Hendricks was reaping benefits from the city taxpayers while he was a sitting council member, he should be brought up on ethics violations. I also heard from him me of the wait staff that he goes to Jack’s Slice with Ray O’Connell regularly and others and eats and drinks free. That should be investigated as well.
3.5 million? You have to be kidding me. How is being kept so quiet. Are we not paying cops and sweep officers to write these tickets and no one is collecting the fines. Somebody needs to provide some answers. MAYOR!!!
The term Sweep Tickets was originally part of Bill 50 which became the Disruptive Tennant Act.
Been around, largely ignored, for decades.
Has any cop, ever, write a Sweep Ticket?
I’m thinking not.
Hendricks was a legend in his own mind. He was an affable and reliable yes man for decades. He is soooo gonna miss those regular photo ops.
It’s difficult to imagine how the city will function without him.
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