Cop handed out 555 tickets to drivers in June

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (WFTV News) - An Altamonte Springs police officer handed out so many tickets in June that he broke department records, WFTV was told Monday. Officer Bernardo Rodriguez wrote more than 500 citations in one month, so WFTV asked his supervisor how one officer could catch so many traffic violators.

Rodriguez’s supervisor said he simply targeted hot spot areas where police have had complaints and areas where crashes happen most often, but drivers WFTV talked to said a jump in citations that dramatic must be intentional.

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