Traffic citations stay steadily lower than high of 09-10

RBC I While jail incarcerations and the crime rate have remained steady for the past two years following a peak in 2009 and 2010, the same can be said for revenue brought into county and state coffers from traffic citation revenue raised by the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office (RBCSO).
During 2012, the RBCSO brought $120,175 in revenue to the county through citations, compared to $116,605 in 2011. That is in sharp contrast to 2009,…