Winehole23
01-05-2013, 03:10 AM
Metropolitan Police Department (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/metropolitan-police/)Sgt. Mark Robinson (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/mark-robinson/) tried for months to persuade D.C. traffic officials to rescind more than 100,000 defective citations he said were a result of unreliable speed cameras, but when he got caught by one of them himself in the Third Street Tunnel (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/third-street-tunnel/), he took a different course.
“I thought about it and realized, no problem, this is a perfect opportunity to challenge these citations,” the 22-year veteran of the police force told The Washington Times.
The result was a decision in his favor by a hearing examiner that could brighten the day of anyone who has ever been caught by a speed camera — and cause nightmares for budget-stressed city officials who depend on them. If upheld, that decision could force D.C. officials to return $1.8 million in penalties associated with more than 14,000 tickets that misidentified the posted speed limit.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/1/shot-with-own-speed-camera-dc-cop-fires-back/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz2H5QWLGj9
“I thought about it and realized, no problem, this is a perfect opportunity to challenge these citations,” the 22-year veteran of the police force told The Washington Times.
The result was a decision in his favor by a hearing examiner that could brighten the day of anyone who has ever been caught by a speed camera — and cause nightmares for budget-stressed city officials who depend on them. If upheld, that decision could force D.C. officials to return $1.8 million in penalties associated with more than 14,000 tickets that misidentified the posted speed limit.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/1/shot-with-own-speed-camera-dc-cop-fires-back/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz2H5QWLGj9