Weird Debate / Situation in Cincinnati

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Situation:

On I-75, heading south-bound, there has been a speed trap set up by the village of Arlington Heights for years and years. Most people know it's there, and avoid speeding in that area, but they still make several stops a day in that area, and never let anyone go. They're doing nothing but enforcing the law, they just do it very strictly.

Why it's in the news:

Two of the clerks working for Arlington Heights were caught stealing money from the traffic tickets that were being written. Any tickets that people paid in cash were being erased from the system and pocketed by the two women. Interestingly enough, they claim neither knew the other was stealing. They allegedly stole $260k over the last three years.

The debate:

Not only are people mad that the two women were stealing money, people are slowly coming to the realization that the Arlington Heights police force is basically writing as many traffic tickets as possible, to fund their jobs, the jobs of the people in the municipal buildings, their community events, etc. There are only 900 people in the village, and most of them are benefiting in some way from the officers writing more tickets. People are so mad that their asking the Ohio Attorney’s General Office to call for the village to be disbanded and swallowed up by a neighboring town (Reading).

The debate for me: is this a valid thing for the people of Cincinnati to request? The police aren't doing anything but enforcing the law. The fact that people keep speeding there is just providing their village with more money. It's not like they're making up charges, or stopping people illegally to get more money, so if people wanted to, they could cut down on their income by not speeding.

The other thing that I find interesting: if you boil it down, people are mad that a government agency is enforcing the law to take money from one group of people to sustain the livelihoods of the people that live in that village. However, people will continue to vote to raise taxes so a government agency (the IRS) can take money from one group of people (the rich) to sustain the livelihoods of other people (the unemployed). Funny how quickly people change their tunes when they're on the wrong side of the taking/receiving money. At least the people speeding have the option to not have their money taken from them (stop speeding).