Editing Waldo, Florida (section)

==Speed trap designation==
In August 1995, the [[American Automobile Association]] (AAA) declared Waldo, and the neighboring city of [[Lawtey, Florida|Lawtey]], as "[[speed trap]]s" and urged motorists to choose alternate routes instead of driving through the two cities. On September 2, 2014, the [[Florida Department of Law Enforcement]] began an investigation of Waldo's ticketing following allegations of ticketing quotas, with one police chief having been suspended for a two-week period.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/waldo-suspends-police-chiefs-quota-claims-25210227?singlePage=true|title=Infamous Speed Trap Town Investigated Over Tickets|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref> On October 1, 2014, the City Council voted 4–1 to disband the city's police department.<ref>"[http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Police-chief-suspended-over-ticket-quotas-resigns-274218281.html Waldo Votes to Disband its Police Force]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141004022205/http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Police-chief-suspended-over-ticket-quotas-resigns-274218281.html Archive]). ''[[Associated Press]]'' at  ''[[WCTV]]''. Retrieved on October 2, 2014.</ref> The former chief of the disbanded Waldo Police Department was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation by the [[Florida Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission]] (CJSTC). In a letter to the Waldo City Manager, the CJSTC wrote, "The decision is based upon the finding that insufficient grounds exist under the guidelines of Chapter 943.1395, Florida Statutes, to pursue any disciplinary action by the commission."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20150616/news/604157435/GS/|title=Ex-Waldo police chief cleared in standards investigation}}</ref> This event led to then-Florida Governor [[Rick Scott]] to sign a bill (SB 264) which better defined the ban on ticket quotas.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-lawmakers-outlaw-trafficticket-quotas-20150422-post.html|title=Lawmakers outlaw traffic-ticket quotas}}</ref> Waldo is somewhat unique in that unlike most other speed trap towns, "...the speed trap in Waldo, Florida, was brought down not by outside pressure but from the inside", as reported in May 2022 by [[Reason (magazine)|''Reason'' magazine]].<ref name="11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns – Reason magazine">{{cite web |last1=CIARAMELLA |first1=C.J. |title=11 Insanely Corrupt Speed-Trap Towns |url=https://reason.com/2022/05/08/11-insanely-corrupt-speed-trap-towns/ |website=reason.com/ |publisher=Reason |access-date=10 May 2022}}</ref>

In August 2018, the AAA officially lifted the designation of "speed trap" for the city of Waldo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2018-07-14/aaa-says-waldo-lawtey-no-longer-speed-traps|title=AAA Says Waldo, Lawtey No Longer Speed Traps}}</ref>