&gt; its not like the tickets were written in bad faith.<p>There&#x27;s been a huge proliferation of laws in the last ~20 years or so which are categorized as Strict Liability.  Taxes have always been like this, but lately a lot of new laws have said &quot;follow this or else&quot; full stop.<p>Since normal everyday citizens are being held to strict liability every day, I see no reason to be so forgiving of officers.  I&#x27;m not suggesting that they&#x27;re bad people, or deserve to go to jail for making an honest mistake.  But what&#x27;s good for the goose is good for the gander and if normal folks are being punished this way, so should law enforcement, politicians, etc.  Nobody should be exempt, the law is the law.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Strict_liability_(criminal)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Strict_liability_(criminal)</a>