TheNewspaper.com Roundup: April 16, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Ohio Lawmakers put the $ Squeeze on Cams– –Feds bust NJ Cops for ripping off Motorists– –IA officials warn of speed cam dangers– Friday, April 13, 2018 Ohio House Puts Financial Squeeze On Camera Enforcement An overwhelming majority of Ohio lawmakers want to rein in the use of speed cameras […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: April 9, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –TN Judge questions Legality of Driver’s License Suspensions– –Dallas School Bus Cam Scandal continues– –PA Supremes fine Toll Road $3.2 M– Friday, April 6, 2018 Tennessee: Judge Questions License Suspension Legality A federal judge last week suggested she was likely to strike down a Tennessee law allowing driver’s licenses to […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: March 19, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –NMA asks Feds to stop funding ticket traps– –Feds try to restore confidence in Drugged Driver Survey– –New Miami, OH cannot survive without ticket revenue– Friday, March 16, 2018 Motoring Group Asks Feds To Stop Funding Ticket Traps Speed trap towns should not get money from Uncle Sam if they […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: March 5, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Forgetful cops can testify using notes in TN– –Short Yellow Lights win in IL– –Redflex continues to lose money– Friday, March 2, 2018 Tennessee: Forgetful Cop Can Testify Based On Notes, Video Cops in Tennessee no longer need to have any independent recollection of the events about which they testify. […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: February 19, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –10 Year Aussie Study finds no benefit for RLCs– –Fed Judge Opens MD Speed Cam Secrecy case– –MD officials admit that longer yellows are safer– Friday, February 16, 2018 Ten-Year Australian Study Finds Little Red-Light Camera Benefit Red-light cameras and speed cameras have failed to make South Australian streets demonstrably […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: February 12, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –Virginia passes Speed Cam Authorization Bill– –Tennessee Court strikes down paying lab for each DUI conviction– –Texas: Clean cars are not suspicious– Friday, February 9, 2018 Virginia: Camera Cash Recipient Passes Speed Camera Authorization Bill By a 22 to 18 vote, the Virginia Senate on Thursday decided to bring speed […]
Make $300,000 working at home
In Massachusetts, where public employee unions own the legislature, guaranteed overtime is one of the perks of being a police officer. City police spend paid details standing around watching other people work. State Police make their money running speed traps. Once again a system of structural overtime breeds corruption. Troop E is the revenue collecting […]
Paging Congressman Hobbs
Palmyra, Missouri city prosecutor James Lemon just got caught extorting drivers caught in a speed trap. He agreed to drop one demand after he was contacted by KMOV reporters. US 61 through Palmyra is a limited access highway (crossroads but no driveways). In much of the country it would be posted 65 or 70, but […]
Carnival of thieves
What’s the difference between paying off a cop and paying off a prosecutor? The prosecutor is the one who decides whether to charge you with bribery. Louisiana District Attorneys have a deal for you. Pay $175 and they’ll make your speeding ticket go away. And they won’t charge you with bribery. Corruption is a state […]
Convert this
In 2013 Chelmsford, Massachusetts police officer Todd Ahern stole a car to pressure a woman into testifying against her ex. This according to a jury verdict upheld by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in May. A suspect’s ex-girlfriend had his car. Police towed the car with her belongings inside, got a warrant, searched the […]