top headlines:
search tips | about us | site map
Subscribe
Receive free email or RSS news updates
Key Documents
Studies and memos about camera enforcement
Archives
View previous news items
Feedback
Contact the editors
View Main Topics:
Popular Stories
-Public Votes On Cameras
-Photo Enforcement Bans
-Photo Enforcement Felons
-Most Popular Stories
Popular Studies
-Red Light Camera Study Roundup
-TTI Yellow Time Study
1/24/2017
Iowa Supreme Court Nullifies DUI Arrest FeesCops may not bill motorists for routine police work by calling it an emergency response, Iowa Supreme Court rules.
Driving under the influence (DUI) is a serious crime carrying court-imposed penalties that typically cost those convicted around $10,000. Officials in Scott County, Iowa decided they could get some of that money for themselves by directly billing DUI suspects for the "emergency response" provided by police. The practice ended Friday with the Iowa Supreme Court declaring it unlawful.
The high court took up three cases in which tipsy drivers were billed up to $159 for the investigation of an al ...
1/23/2017
France: Vigilantes Spraypaint Speed Camera WhiteA speed camera in La Couronne, France was disabled with white spraypaint on Saturday.
1/20/2017
Federal Appeals Court Clears Cops In Prosecution Of Potty Mouth MotoristPolice face no penalty for violating First Amendment right of motorists to write naughty comments on a speeding ticket payment.
1/19/2017
Alaska Politicians Seek To Revive Banned Red Light Camera ProgramLocal politicians in Anchorage, Alaska propose ballot measure undermining the photo enforcement ban drafted and enacted by voters in 1997.
1/18/2017
Texas: Lawsuit Battles Toll Road Over Bankruptcy Law ViolationFederal lawsuit accuses North Texas Tollway Authority of illegally attempting to collect on debt discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
