The police department's most prolific ticket writer was ordered to pay $5,000 to a heart surgeon who said he was put in a headlock and suffered a broken hand after being stopped for speeding.
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Patricio Ilabaca, 54, said officer Owen Selby grabbed him, slammed him against his car and kneed him because he argued about the ticket in 1993.Selby, a 24-year veteran who writes 3,000 tickets a year, acknowledged there was physical contact but said he did not try to hurt the doctor.