Writing Citations News Today

Harris: sing it, charles. there we go. all right, cant stand getting a ticket, right? in one new england town it can be wicked, a wicked good thing, im told. police in concord, massachusetts, are writing citations for good behavior, things like wearing a bike helmet or seat belt, yielding to pedestrians at crosswalks and looking both ways before crossing the street. people who get the good tickets can redeem them for two scoops at a local ice cream parlor. concords police chief wants to create a...

The tickets. police were paid extra for writing citations. >> the law equivocally provides that officers cannot be paid by the ticket. >> reporter: my police chief in georgia took me out for a little drivers ed near a hill ive had trouble with near my home. the chief says these arent speed traps, they are just trying to slow drivers down and families on the road this summer should put safety first. steve osinsami, abc news, atlanta. >> at the end of the day the speed limit is there to keep peopl...

Handed out at the bottom of this bridge. theres a class-action lawsuit, alleging that police got paid extra for writing citations. >> the law clearly and unequivocally explains that officers cannot be paid by the ticket. >> reporter: my police chief in georgia took me out for a little drivers ed, near a hill ive had trouble with nearly home. he says these arent speed traps. theyre trying to slow drivers down. and he says families on the road this summer should put safety first. steve osunsami, a...

believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. its southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? >> caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, ...