There is an article on Oregon Live discussing the 13,000 tickets issued by Milwaukie Police. Raising once again wether or not photo radar is a money generator or, as they say, for safety.
I believe that all of the cities start out with the intention of generating revenue. They will always preach that it is all in the name of safety. That way when the number of tickets issued doesn’t cover the cost of the program, they still have justification to continue another money losing program.
The City of Hillsboro has decided to break their contract with Redflex and not install a red light camera. They were afraid of the “image” it would give Hillsboro. Read the story on Oregonlive. How about that, their image is worth more than the cash they would produce from the camera.
Our efforts were spotlighted in the Portland Tribune. Check out the article online. Thanks Jennifer!
There was a great story about Milwaukie Police and King Rd. tonight. There may be an issue with the speed limit not being correct.
Check out the story on KATU http://www.katu.com/news/local/54651892.html
Well, the folks that showed up to court yesterday were told that their cases had been dismissed. We aren’t sure why, but the officer showed up and didn’t have the information in order to prosecute. So, we didn’t find out if they were actually issuing tickets out of the jurisdiction or not. Sorry we don’t have more information than that, we will see if we can get some more information. We do know that when Beaverton first started their program they were forced to refund a batch of tickets issued outside the city limits.
It has been brought to our attention that on Sept 24th midday, the Milwaukie photo radar van was issuing citations outside the city limits (as far as we can tell from information and images provided). They were set up just north of the city limit line. See pictures and maps below. Tickets have been received as being in the 8600 Block of McLoughlin Blvd.
