Hampton, Florida has 30 days to prove it can be trusted after questions surfaced about the use of funds from a highly-lucrative speed trap. CBS News Manual Bojorquez reports on why state officials are threatening to wipe the town off the map. A Florida town some say is the most corrupt in America was spared its spot on the map Friday after two state lawmakers dropped their bid to strip it of its charter, CNN reports. Hampton, Fla., had been under the legislative microscope since February, when an audit revealed 31 violations, or roughly one for every 15 of Hamptons 477 residents. According to the audit, the citys police department, responsible for just a 1,200-foot stretch of highway, issued 12,698 speeding tickets between 2011 and 2012, raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. Its unclear where all that money went, but the audit found city employees charged $132,000 on an account at a BP convenience store located next to City Hall. The police department swelled to 19 officers, CNN said, but many of the officers werent trained properly, and the audit found that some of them drove uninsured vehicles. One officer, nicknamed Rambo, dressed in tactical gear and strapped an assault rifle across his chest — just to write tickets.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:30:58 +0000
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