well of course they will lie to a suspect in order to get a confession i.e. "We know what you did so you might as well tell us" or "your friend is going to cut a deal and rat you out, so if i were you Mr. Vick i would tell us exactly what was going on there." There are no quotas but if a officer is on patrol and doenst produce any tickets they might wonder what he is doing out there. I would say that 90% of people are breaking some law while driving in a certain day, speeding, eating, talking on a cell phone(which should be illegal). As for going through the light, if the light turns red at anytime you are in the intersection then you are guilty of going through a red light.