The system, which officers equated to a ticket quota, was abolished by a new town manager, Jack Hadge, over Chief Burke's objections.

The high number of dismissals revived a longstanding debate over whether police officers have ticket quotas, which might spur officers to write many invalid summonses.

Union leaders have called ticket quotas an unspoken fact of police life.

In many places around the world, ticket quotas are illegal.

"I was an easy target, the fastest way to fill their ticket quota," said Mr. He, 34, who lives in Woodside, Queens.

It was shown that when she has to fill her ticket quota, she gives them to K'nuckles.

In 2011 an officer accused the police chief of League City of giving officers ticket quotas, which are illegal in the state of Texas.

The department has also recently and emphatically told its agents that they are not subject to any ticket quota.

She also ruled that the Police Department must revise poor performance evaluations on request if they reflect an officer's failure to meet the ticket quota.

In 2005 the 112,500 ticket quota sold out rapidly - in this case in 3 hours 20 minutes.