Police forces all over the country are using informal quotas to make sure officers hand out enough fines, the Telegraaf reports on Monday, quoting a number of police sources.

On Saturday the paper said Rotterdam police face a salary cut if they don’t hand out 120 fines a year.
Quotas for fines were removed from the official police performance contracts in 2007.
Nevertheless, many forces still require police officers to hit targets, the paper says.
New recruits
One police officer told the Telegraaf that new recruits in Utrecht are required to hand out 50 fines a quarter or face a bad report.
Han Busker, of the national police union NP, told the paper police officers feel they are not taken seriously when they hand out fines.
‘These ridiculous contracts are damaging the police’s reputation,’ he said.
MPs have called on caretaker justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin to explain the claims and may hold a parliamentary debate on Tuesday.