Ticket fixing is a practice in which a public official destroys or dismisses a pending traffic ticket as a favor to a friend or family member. For example, police officers in a number of jurisdictions have been charged with destroying pending tickets at the request of other officers. Some police unions laud and encourage ticket fixing, including the New York City Police Benevolent Association, which argues that ticket fixing is not criminal, but rather "long standing practice at all levels of the [New York Police Department]."