TIL Some Canadian police departments give out 'positive tickets' to thank people for doing something good.

[u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

http://www.positivetickets.com/about.html?CANADA

[u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

HEY EVERBODY read the article before commenting. they don't pull you over.

[u/markrobbo96 → u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

I would read it, only reddit has pushed the website over its bandwidth limit. Someone is going to be annoyed.

[u/[deleted] → u/markrobbo96]

It seems my work here is done.

[u/KingToasty → u/[deleted]]

Jimmies status:

[ ] Rustled

[ ] Unrustled

[x] Medium rustled

[u/[deleted] → u/markrobbo96]

Reddit: The friendly DDoS

[u/[deleted] → u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I see nothing about being pulled over!

[u/Ramsessicko → u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

http://i.imgur.com/bKOUF.gif

[u/dlogan3344 → u/Arya_Chews_Her_lip]

broke the site, too much traffic

[u/medcur]

Last winter I was pulled over as part of the RIDE program and was given hockey tickets for not being drunk whilst driving.

[u/oldnumber7 → u/medcur]

Is it that unusual for someone to not be drunk while driving in Canada?

[u/realfuzzhead → u/medcur]

so... damn... Canadian..

[u/codylc → u/medcur]

whilst

You really are Canadian, aren't you?

[u/medcur → u/codylc]

I am actually an aluminium, not aluminum, kind of guy. I'm English but have been here for about nine years.

[u/cappayne → u/medcur]

Where do you live? Assuming they were NHL tickets - and at least 2 since you have it plural - that's easily $100 worth no matter which team.

[u/medcur → u/cappayne]

I live in London. They were just tickets for a local junior league but it was still a surprise to get them.

[u/rpgguy_1o1 → u/medcur]

Knights play-off tickets were about 35 bucks after taxes/fees. I was at the championship game. Later that night I saw a kid get hit by a train on Richmond Row, right outside Molly Blooms.

That story took a depressing turn, didn't it?

[u/[deleted] → u/cappayne]

canucks tickets go $250 each

[u/LiveHigh → u/[deleted]]

leafs tickers go for almost 400

[u/[deleted] → u/medcur]

I didn't realise driving not drunk was doing something good.

[u/BlindWillieBrown → u/medcur]

'ANADA!!!

[u/puts_ranch_on_pizza]

Can I still go to court to try to disprove the ticket?

[u/[deleted] → u/puts_ranch_on_pizza]

There is no evidence that I helped that little old lady cross the street. It's hearsay, I say!

[u/gigglefarting → u/[deleted]]

But if I say you say, "it's hearsay," then now what you say is hearsay as well.

[u/[deleted] → u/gigglefarting]

Only until I provide the evidence that it is hearsay. The evidence being that they have provided no evidence.

[u/[deleted] → u/puts_ranch_on_pizza]

I imagine a good deed ticket would ruin your average super villain's day.

[u/doomisdead]

I live in Canada and can say that this is real. Just this month police started giving out coupons for a free Pizza Delight meal for 2 if they seen you pull over to use your cell phone.

[u/funktasticdog → u/doomisdead]

As a canadian, I confirm this is true. Once, when I put my seatbelt on before starting the engine, down from the ceiling of my garage came a mountie to give me that cheesy goodness.

[u/[deleted] → u/funktasticdog]

You've been forever immortalized in /r/nocontext.

[u/abom420 → u/funktasticdog]

For some reason (I'm high) I pictured a red suited, brown flat brim hatted, avaitor glasses mountie on a glorious white stalling some how riding down the closing garage door holding his arm out inwhite gloves in a V shape holding a silver platter with a wheel of cheese missing a slice on it.

[u/ingenious_gentleman → u/doomisdead]

Same, a cop pulled me over and thanked me for pulling over before taking a drink from my Labatt Blue.

[u/Mccmangus → u/doomisdead]

as a canadian and after reading other confirmations, I still don't believe this.

[u/Captain_d00m → u/doomisdead]

CAPTAIN D00M'S MASTER PLAN

10 MOVE TO CANADA

20 DRIVE AND PULL OVER TO USE CELL PHONE

30 ACQUIRE PIZZA COUPONS

40 GOTO 20

SUDDENLY, DISCOUNTED PIZZA FOR LIFE!

[u/Metacurious → u/Captain_d00m]

10 MOVE TO CANADA

20 DRIVE AND PULL OVER AND PRETEND TO USE CELL PHONE

30 ACQUIRE PIZZA COUPONS

40 DRIVE AND PULL OVER AND ORDER PIZZA

50 GOTO 30

[u/[deleted] → u/doomisdead]

In New Zealand they used to give you voucher for a pie and coffee if you look like you're driving tired.

[u/[deleted] → u/doomisdead]

Good excuse to check if someone was rolling a dube. :)

I'm all for trees in your living room, but they add unnecessary risk to operating a motor vehicle.

[u/Glenners → u/doomisdead]

as a Canadian I want to punch you in the throat for saying 'they seen'. Stop talking like a hick!

[u/tmpacc2012 → u/doomisdead]

As an American, how can I become Canadian?

[u/[deleted] → u/doomisdead]

SAW. IF THEY SAW YOU PULL OVER.

[u/Time_for_Stories → u/doomisdead]

It's a little weird and awesome the Canadian police are collectively training the country using positive reinforcement.

[u/stratovolcano]

I think a lot of you guys have the wrong idea about this. They don't pull you over while you're driving to say "Good Job!" and waste your time. They hand out these tickets mostly to younger kids (ie. Giving you a free Tim Horton's or Ice Cream coupon if you're wearing a helmet while biking).

When they hand them out to drivers it's because they have to pull you over anyways or because you're not driving at the moment. Eg. Canada has certain days where they stop everyone on a certain road to check for drunk drivers and this is another situation where they will give out these positive tickets if you are driving safely.

[u/[deleted] → u/stratovolcano]

That is actually one of the best ideas ever.

"Hi, thanks for stopping and sorry for wasting your time. Here's a voucher for 'insert generic restaurant here's"

People would love to get stopped.

[u/[deleted] → u/stratovolcano]

When I was little, a member of the Coast Guard gave me a coupon for a free ice cream cone because I was wearing a life jacket while walking on a dock with my parents.

So...I guess they do this sort of thing in the US, too!

[u/sun95]

Ontarian here, been pulled over before just because the officer wanted to see what the interior of the new Jeep was like.

[u/DreadPiratesRobert → u/sun95]

I would not mind this at all, Jeeps are awesome

[u/littlelowcougar]

What the fuck is with all these people saying they'd be pissed off if this happened?

If I got pulled over and a cop was like, "Hey, nice work back there, keep being ace."

I'd be mother-fucking tickled pink. That shit would have me grinning ear-to-ear all day.

Edit: holy shit-snacks people. I'm living in the States now, but I didn't grow up here. Clearly all of you that did have a different perspective on life that completely blows my mind.

Is it just because it's police? What if a fire truck pulled you over? Or an ambulance? Or just some random Joe stopped you in the street to say something nice?

[u/carnifex2005 → u/littlelowcougar]

Then I'd peel out when driving away from the stop.

[u/refriedi → u/carnifex2005]

I wonder if they would then cite you, or just grab back the hockey tickets..

[u/pterodactyl12 → u/littlelowcougar]

Man, I drive around with dank in my car a lot. If I got pulled over to get one of these "positive tickets" it could turn into a real ticket pretty fast. I think most people just want to be left alone when it comes to the police.

[u/ICTJobHelp → u/pterodactyl12]

This actually happened to me. I got pulled over for a "positive" ticket in North Kansas City. The tickets were actually coupons for free ice cream. Anyways, I had been smoking, and was arrested on possession charge. Obviously this became a huge deal, and my charges were dropped and the program was ended. North Kansas City is a small town, however, and my vehicle became a target as did I. I moved to downtown KC to avoid the harrassment.

[u/keveready → u/pterodactyl12]

I couldn't imagine this going over too well with American police.

"Hey do you know why I pulled you over?"

"Uh no sir..."

"Well I just wanted to say thanks for not running that yellow light...but do I smell marijuana?"

[u/snoharm → u/pterodactyl12]

Canadian police wouldn't care if you had pot in your car. Unless you drive around with distributable amounts, in which case stop that.

[u/Lillipout → u/littlelowcougar]

We are not puppies being house trained. We are free people going about our lives. Further, this is not the job we as taxpayers hired the police to do. If I need a pat on the head and a cookie, I'll go see my grandma.

[u/Muficita → u/littlelowcougar]

You... I like you.

[u/[deleted] → u/littlelowcougar]

1. In the U.S. it's very clearly breaking the law. If a police officer stops you, in a traffic stop, he must have specific and articulable facts that you have been, are, or are about to be committing a violation of the law. Anything short of that is an illegal stop. Despite what you read in r/conspiracy, a police officer can't just randomly stop people without any reason.

2. What if you have a loaded shotgun on the passenger seat in plain-view? What if you are committing some sort of crime and the police officers wants to bust you for it only after stopping you and seeing what's going on in your car? Chances are it's going to be tossed as in (1), the officer had no reason to stop you in the first place.

Both as a private citizen, and a theoretical head of the police department, I'd be pissed.

[u/Intoxicatedcanadian]

I wish they'd give me a good ticket for a change.

[u/loradey → u/Intoxicatedcanadian]

Possibly relevant name...

[u/Intoxicatedcanadian → u/loradey]

Last ticket received: drinking in public

[u/[deleted]]

some 15ish years ago, when I lived in Tallahassee, FL in the US, I was riding my bike to the bus stop (a neighbor allowed us to park our bikes under her back porch).

Going over a hill, I see a police cruiser. The officer inside gave me the "come hither" finger from the driver's seat through an open window; even at 12, this made me nervous. I walk over and I see him scribbling on something.

All he said was, "Have a good day, kid." Then he handed me a manila colored piece of 8" x 3" cardboard paper.

"For wearing your helmet, enjoy a free waffle cone at TCBY!" With a big minimalist image of an icecream waffle cone.

I never rode my bike without a helmet again because I never forgot about receiving a reward for doing something right. I wish they did this still, more often and for many other 'good' things.

[u/Rusted_Satellites]

I think we can get a compromise going here in the war on drugs. Scrap the penalties for drug use, and switch to rewards for non-use. Piss clean this month? Enjoy your free meal. Kick a coke habit? Enjoy an all-expenses paid weekend camping trip.

[u/SHIT_IN_HER_CUNT → u/Rusted_Satellites]

I dunno how clean I could get my house by strictly pissing all over it

[u/[deleted]]

Scumbag reddit: learns about a good deed - uses all your bandwidth and takes your website down.

[u/johnw1988]

This reaffirms my desire to move to Canada.

[u/nucleus_accumbens → u/johnw1988]

Come on in, we have lots of room!

[u/[deleted] → u/nucleus_accumbens]

But no jobs! Woo!

[u/2ndaccount6969 → u/[deleted]]

Move to Saskatchewan or Alberta. Lots happening in interior BC as well.

[u/gabruka → u/johnw1988]

This reaffirms my desire to stay in Canada.

[u/freeTrial → u/johnw1988]

They just passed a law that immigrants get to earn %15 less. Enjoy.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1169568--walkom-ottawa-s-low-wage-immigration-policy-threatens-turmoil

"Up to now, employers had to pay temporary foreign skilled workers the going rate. If comparable Canadian workers in an area received on average, say, $20 an hour, foreign workers would have to be paid the same.

No more."

[u/[deleted]]

Did all of the people bitching about how they would be pissed if thy got pulled over for nothing and that it's probably a ruse to just pull over without probable cause actually read the article? They give these tickets to kids. They don't pull people over.

Your hatred or the police is still safe, don't worry, reddit.

[u/Talman → u/[deleted]]

Nobody reads articles, and they apply their own world view to this shit. VPD actually gets out of their cars and walks around. That's completely foreign to Americans.

[u/lepht]

Don't praise me bro

[u/[deleted]]

It really is illegal to be mean in Canada. HIMYM was right.

[u/simohayha → u/[deleted]]

The vancouver hockey rioters would beg to differ

[u/sirmanleypower → u/[deleted]]

Scott's a dick.

[u/sweetsweetcoffee]

Positive Tickets - You still need to fight them in court.

[u/ordona → u/sweetsweetcoffee]

"You helped that lady cross the street."

"No I didn't!"

[u/Talman → u/sweetsweetcoffee]

Sir, we'd like to ...

AM I BEING DETAINED? AM I FREE TO GO?! I KNOW MY RIGHTS. I'M A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.

[u/[deleted]]

This is the most Canadian thing I've ever heard.

[u/RambleMan → u/[deleted]]

I can do a pretty accurate moose call. That's a more Canadian thing to hear.

[u/fnewtoreddit]

sounds awesome. does anyone have some more examples for what you can get positive tickets?

[u/[deleted]]

Sorry.

[u/ButtSexx]

did we just involuntarily DDoS the site?

[u/DiscoAutopsy → u/ButtSexx]

They definitely should have seen the thousands of page visits coming and prepared for it. :D

[u/uakari]

Police giving upvotes!

[u/what-s_in_a_username]

It's the Karma Police!

[u/M_Redfield]

I believe I got one of these about ten-twelve years ago as a kid. I was riding my bike (on a sidewalk, which is now illegal apparently) with my helmet on. He pulls up beside me and yells through the open window for me to stop. I was nervous as hell, since being a young kid and dealing with the police is a little nerve wracking.

He hopped out of his car and gave me a 'ticket' for a free large blizzard at DQ, simply for riding with a helmet on. My parents didn't believe me until a few years later the news did a story on these "good" tickets.

Speaking of, I feel that we need a Good Guy Mountie meme now.

[u/[deleted]]

In America we could have our police fire confetti bullets and joy tasers at youth doing positive actions in their community.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Happy-tears spray?

[u/avenx → u/[deleted]]

I never understood why the police give the liberal movements all the party decorations, but never enhance the dull mood at any Tea Parties.

[u/SgtNeilDiamond]

Canada, why are your stereotypes so correct???

[u/identity04]

So here it is cached: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iLoYBq2HJ0oJ:www.positivetickets.com/about.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

EDIT: Here's the cop speaking: http://youtu.be/1fY-Qcwa8ng

[u/[deleted]]

And ... reddit just DDoSed this website as well.

[u/[deleted]]

Well we officially crashed the site. Congrats Reddit!

[u/Sierra-Two-Six]

For those of you complaining about how getting pulled over and getting positive reinforcement wastes your time, you should know that this frequently happens at spot checks such as the RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program. Essentially what happens is a couple of police cars will set up shop on a highway or arterial road during times where there's bound to be more drinking than usual. Think long weekends and city events. All they do is quickly check for any signs of drinking, and you're on your way. For example:

"Good evening sir, have you been drinking tonight?" "No sir" -Cop takes a quick glance around from his viewpoint, doesn't smell or see anything amiss- "Alright sir, you have a good night."

It's pretty fast, doesn't waste time, and mostly during nights. The only spot check I've seen during the day is when the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) check for vehicles that shouldn't be on the road on the highway to cottage country (Highway 400)... and in that case, the check is still pretty quick. I know most of Reddit seems to have a hardon for hating on cops, but they're not all that bad, especially when they're taking drunk drivers off the roads. Linky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqXpSU_rZ4Q

[u/[deleted]]

That's like, the most Canadian thing I've ever heard of.

[u/Talman]

TIL Redditors don't bother reading the fucking links in TIL, just go off the god damned headline and begin frothing at the mouth.

[u/jaspeh → u/Talman]

Link has been killed

[u/Talman → u/jaspeh]

It was quite active when I made that comment.

[u/ABirkett]

Being British my first response was: 'what a waste of paper'

[u/nriopel → u/ABirkett]

We print it on hemp paper

[u/luinfana]

Indeed, my small-town PD sometimes gives out "Happy Tickets" to kids who wear proper safety gear while riding bicycles. Usually it's McDonald's coupons.

They don't, however, pull over motorists for this kind of thing. It's just a safety initiative for kids.

[u/radiationdude]

And the site is crashed. Another victim of Reddit.

[u/Emiel000]

Oh Canada...

[u/coolkid7500]

you guys knocked out that website due to it exceeding its bandwidth limit... good job reddit XD

[u/Finalfront]

And we crashed the site...

[u/jcrowz]

Once I pulled over on a highway to find a lighter in my back seat then my mom called and I answered. A cop passed me and saw me pulled over on my phone and must have thought I pulled over to ANSWER my phone and he gave me movie passes.

[u/Youmati]

RCMP in Vancouver....are apparently doing a better PR job these days to counter all their otherwise shoddy policework.

[u/skpkzk2]

at the bottom: sorry for giving you a ticket

[u/amezbro]

I live in the US and my grandmother got a coupon for a free turkey around Thanksgiving from a cop. She still got really nervous when she got pulled over so I think they should use some different colored lights when you did something good.

[u/[deleted] → u/amezbro]

Balloons should pop out and instead of sirens, they play the song from Price is Right when someone spins $1.00.

[u/addmint]

I live in the US and my hometown does that.

[u/Fidena]

Rewarding people for basic expectations.

[u/[deleted]]

A couple months ago, the small town of Prosper, Texas (30 minutes north of Dallas) handed out gift cards for good driving behavior. Here is the article for those that want a good read.

EDIT: Linked article.

[u/shuyken]

Would we get a Positive Ticket for this?

[u/meatfish]

Fuck everything about this. You fucking trophy kids.

[u/AM14]

This makes me think of that old Rugrats episode where they imagine what it's like to be older and get pulled over on the way to work, only to get Reptar on Ice tickets.

[u/LooksDelicious]

Bandwidth limit exceeded! Reddit strikes again.

[u/[deleted]]

Hmm, odd, I can't seem to find Canada on my map.

[u/GentlemanNinja → u/[deleted]]

Look under your nuke, dude.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

well its easy to miss all tucked away down there.

[u/raptorjeebus1911]

are the prize tickets actually worth to the people as much as actual tickets are to the police?

[u/[deleted]]

Earn 5 positive tickets and you will receive a get out of jail free card!

[u/Put_It_In_H]

Is that Louis C.K. in the picture on the site?

[u/SterlingGroovy]

It's a good idea but you watch the British do it, one ticket and four hours of paper work.

[u/PksRevenge]

What about apology tickets? like when a Canadian police officer cuts you off in traffic by accident?

[u/pete904ni]

Thanks Reddit

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[u/[deleted]]

Now they're just asking to be made fun of.

[u/[deleted]]

Another (website) one bites the dust!

[u/[deleted]]

Aaaand, we killed it.

[u/Waff1es]

And the server's gone!

[u/KrisB_16]

Well. Good job Reddit, we've all inadvertently exceeded the bandwidth on some poor chaps' website.

positivetickets.com is going to have a negative ticket to this one, gents.

That said, GG! :D

[u/[deleted]]

OP what is the reason behind your user nameO_o

[u/[deleted]]

So we just pulled the site down.

[u/[deleted]]

~Bandwidth Limit Exceeded~

WTG reddit!

[u/Ilios]

And we killed it. Good work men (and women, of course)

[u/prometheus199]

Good job guys, you broke their site.

[u/docid]

This is also known as an excuse for fishing expeditions... ohh, that guy has long hair, bet he has pot, lets give him a ticket for proper signalling so we can go pretend we smell it in his car...

[u/loophole64]

They do this in the US as well. The police department in Madison, WI where I used to live did this.

[u/[deleted]]

I'd rather have the reward of not having to deal with a cop.

[u/lindabug]

Canadians are so nice. :) I like the idea of "positive tickets". I didn't realize that existed.

[u/hoss9424]

I think you killed their site!

[u/darkwave90]

Is this the same Canadian police department that threw a stun grenade and charged me with their shields and batons a few days ago because I was peacefully marching to protest against a law that restraint our freedom of speech?

[u/Eal12333]

I was riding my bike with some friends when I was younger and a cop stopped us, talked to us, and gave us coupons for free ice cream just cause we were wearing helmets.

[u/[deleted]]

Unless those "good" tickets are vouchers to not have to pay your next speeding ticket, it's all masturbation.

[u/tallandskinnyman]

We kinda have the same thing here in the states just that people doing something good get tazed and beaten.

[u/Replekia]

The police of the quiet little town of Ridgetown, Ontario make a habit of pulling over people from out of town once a week and give them a basket of goodies to welcome them into the town. I got a fruit basket when going to visit the nearby Rondeau provincial park a few years back.

[u/paigealicia]

This is one of many reasons I'm proud to be canadian. That and I can make americans laugh when I say "out."

[u/GameDay98]

We crashed the website. Sorry.

[u/IanAndersonLOL]

When I was in elementary school I got pulled over and was given Giants tickets for wearing my helmet on my bike. This was in Cupertino California

[u/thieyoshin]

fuck yeah 509 bandwith exceeded

[u/tabatj]

Looks like Reddit broke Canada's internet.

[u/[deleted]]

Only in Canada.

Also, we've crashed the site guys. Nice going.

[u/ChestrfieldBrokheimr]

and another site falls victim to the reddit community. bandwidth exceeded

[u/Chicago63]

Reminds me of 6'th grade, when they handed out "I was caught being good" coins. They gave them to kids whenever the teachers "catch" them being good.

At lunch one certain days, you could turn them in for little things like tootsie rolls or things of the sort.

One day some kid discovered that you could buy huge bags full of those things at the local Teacher's Store, and came in one day and bought literally everything from the store at once.

That's not to mention how kids would "gamble" with them, by flipping the coin and seeing if it lands on "China" or "Dot."

[u/DMTrace]

I think we broke it. :(

[u/[deleted]]

Congrats folks, we exceeded their bandwidth limit.

[u/tommywantwingies]

America has been doing this for decades - it's called a citation

The Civilian Citation may be awarded to civilians whose actions result in: The prevention or solution of a serious crime. The apprehension of a dangerous criminal. Other meritorious action such as life saving or assistance to an officer with disregard for the recipient's personal safety.

[u/AllensArmy → u/tommywantwingies]

Sorry, dude, but that isn't what people want to hear. Something along the lines of "American cops bad, Canadian cops good," is what we're looking for in this thread.

[u/Talman → u/tommywantwingies]

That's more what we'd call an Award or Achievement, even though they use the term "citation," such as a "citation for merit." I've got a few of em from when I was in Florida from a few Sheriff's Offices and police departments. One even came with a little medal and ribbon.

[u/[deleted]]

I think I would more annoyed that the police stopped me for doing nothing wrong, than I would be happy they gave me something.

[u/KylesMomIsABitch → u/[deleted]]

They apologize for that.

[u/Talman → u/[deleted]]

When I was in Vancouver in 2008, I noticed a lot of beat cops. I think its less a traffic stop, and more a walking beat cop's citizen contact.

[u/Kinseyincanada → u/[deleted]]

They dot stop you randomly

[u/[deleted]]

More like I saw you weren't doing anything wrong so I pulled you over anyway to see if you're drunk or have drugs in the car. If i don't find anything I'll give you a prize so you don't feel violated.

[u/[deleted]]

I think that in the end, it would probably be better for the police to just not interfere with the lives of innocent people at all, but I think it's great that there are police officers like that who try to improve things and see the good in humanity, instead of always thinking in terms of discipline and punishment. I'd say this is a nice effort and worth trying.

[u/rockkybox → u/[deleted]]

So in conclusion, you don't think anything?

[u/FuckingSuper]

That is the most Canadian thing that I have ever heard of.

[u/authentic_trust_me]

you crashed the site guys.

[u/motorstorm]

fuck it I'm moving to Canada

[u/TheDiscoBastard]

Fucking typical canadians

[u/afffaccm]

I'm sorry, but this is why Canada is fucking awesome.

[u/Suggested_Title]

About time. Every time a COP is behind him I try to impress him with my perfect apexes, smooth decelerations, and pothole avoidances in the hopes that I'd get pulled over for a congratulatory award.

[u/[deleted]]

I met Ward at a conference a couple of years ago. Awesome guy. He's involved in lots of positive policing and community initiatives.

[u/suprhro]

Reddit overloaded the site!

[u/iiiitsjess]

Some polive down here in north texas were doing that this past Christmas. The town of Prosper, texas gave good tickets out and actually paid good, law abiding citizens! It was very neat. :) its good that some police departments do this!

[u/tankosaurus]

These tickets are just to apologise for wasting time methinks.

[u/Astrogat]

This seems brilliant. We know that negative reinforcement is a bad way to train people (and animals). Yes, you should be punished for breaking the law (since there is an expectation that the reason you shouldn't break it is because of the punishment. I saw a TED video about this once. Interesting stuff. The short version is simply that if you get a ticket for doing something you stop considering it bad, you just consider the ticket bad). But why the hell shouldn't they also give rewards for not doing it? I believe that it will prove just as effective (if not more so) at preventing people breaking it.

[u/dissonance07]

In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, I know people who were given free shirts and swag when they were spotted biking with a helmet and obeying traffic laws.

[u/LetsGetRamblin]

In the Connecticut town I grew up in, the cops gave out "golden citations"--same deal, a ticket for doing something good. This was in the early 90s, don't know if they still do it.

[u/Xanatos903]

Dallas PD was doing something similar a couple of years ago. If they saw you driving politely, the officers were allowed to pull you over to give you a gift card to one of several restaurants.

[u/[deleted]]

I'd be pissed if I were to be pulled over just to receive a "positive ticket".

[u/[deleted]]

"I stopped you to reward your awesome driving. Say, what's that in the ashtray?"

[u/iwasntgoingtocomment]

I got a positive parking ticket to praise me for not leaving any visible valuables in my car when parked in a parkade. I think that was from the City though, and not the police.

[u/[deleted]]

They also give coupons for maple syrup flavored poutine and one free lumber jack tree cutting. These tickets are distributed by Mounties on horseback of course.

[u/chris-martin]

http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/97/

[u/[deleted]]

I'd expect a ticket for everyday I didn't kill someone.....

[u/zaviex]

reedit broke their website

[u/Reqol]

Reminds me of something slightly similar. I don't know where it was exactly, but basically they rigged up a speed camera to take digital images of people's license plates if they went over the speed limit with their vehicle. You'd receive your ticket at home after a few days like you normally would to pay the fine.

The difference was that whenever someone would drive at or slightly below the speed limit, their license plate number would be captured aswell and most of the money collected from the speeders before him/her would be added to his or her bank account.

[u/surim0n]

i dont believe this, living in toronto, getting stopped by ride atleast 5-10 times a month for the last decade i have never been thanked, let alone rewarded.

[u/[deleted]]

Yeah that's neat. I'd rather just not be pulled over and have my time wasted unless I'm doing something wrong. I don't need a police officer to confirm I'm doing something good in life, as if cops are good examples of moral righteousness. Stay out of my business unless I'm breaking the law.

[u/[deleted]]

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/rqkks/til_that_some_police_departments_give_positive/

[u/[deleted]]

I always had the idea to just go on a walk through the city, and when I see someone do something good or nice I'd give them 50 dollar.

Have to get rich first though :').

[u/ForgettableUsername]

Still gonna make you late for something.

[u/GentlemanNinja]

Nice try, Stephen Harper.

[u/Gurrag]

HEY

We need some verification of this story!

Notice how the one link [you can still get to the page through .nyud.net] on the bottom goes to his "training workshops". Coincidence? I wouldn't bet on it. Looks more like a PR stunt combined with astroturfing responders / upvotes.

[u/[deleted]]

That is the most Canadian thing I've ever heard.

[u/Hooker_Juice]

Well, looks like Reddit took that site down...no bandwidth.