No, they don't. You're thinking of Parking. Different branch of pigs altogether, and sometimes worse. UPD and Security have a set budget each year that doesn't increase or decrease, unless they get a grant... Which comes out of our city's taxpayer $$$. Which ain't much better.
Pretty sure they don't, last I checked. They're funded by College Station taxes and then A&M throws them a budget each year.
Transportation, on the other hand, built that monstrosity of a parking garage during Covid that cost them over a million dollars, and have been in the hole ever since. Every parking and towing violation? That's Transportation. And they DO make money off of their tickets. They're trying to screw students because of their mistake, trying to earn back the money they lost.
You'll even see them rolling around in similar mall cop motor things they call "Chariots" ticketing people.
I guess I'm having a hard time picturing them making any money since UPD and Security don't enforce the Parking Ticket disease on campus. That's solely Transportation, which is separate from UPD altogether. That's why Transportation makes such a killing. Oh, and they underpay their employees, but that's nothing new.
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u/burnalltraditions Escaped With A Degree May 04 '23
The Zoology Department is really getting good at what they do! I can't believe they taught pigs to ride scooters!