The mayor of a small suburban city on the eastern edge of Jefferson County wants to pay off-duty police officers hired to patrol his community lucrative bonuses for traffic stops that result in citations or criminal charges, The Courier Journal has learned.
If the measure is approved by city commissioners, police officers could receive a maximum of $250 in bonuses per shift for stops in Worthington Hills, a 0.3-square-mile city of about 1,500 residents off Westport Road that does not have its own police department.
“It’s just like the Old West — you know, you had the reward posters,” explained Worthington Hills Mayor Robert Stonum during a city meeting in April…