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NMA E-Newsletter #738: The Revenue-Hungry Rise of Automated Ticketing

April 30, 2023 • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Ticket Enforcement, Bus Lane Cameras, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, Photo Enforcement, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SCHOOL BUS CAMERA, SPEED CAMERA, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET REVENUE

By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research For the past few years, we’ve been monitoring a concerning trend in traffic enforcement: a steady shift towards more and more automated ticketing. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be gaining momentum. In California, we’ve witnessed a surge of bills introduced that attempt to authorize various forms of […]

Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court: NMA E-Newsletter #730

January 8, 2023 • CIVIL, CRIMINAL, Discovery, DMV, Driver's License, DUE PROCESS, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, NEVADA, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OREGON, TICKET FIGHTING, TICKET FINES, Traffic Tickets

On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations. The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless […]

Civil Asset Forfeiture in Indiana Goes Beyond Policing for Profit: NMA E-Newsletter #701

June 19, 2022 • CAF, CHECKPOINT, CIVIL, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INDIANA, NEWSLETTER, NMA, POLICING FOR PROFIT, Traffic stops

Initially created to take down drug lords, civil asset forfeiture has morphed into an excuse by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to confiscate cash and other property regardless of whether a person is charged with a crime. The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled that the government must prove it is ‘entitled’ to keep […]

Speed Camera Games Played for Profits in Ohio: NMA E-Newsletter #650

June 27, 2021 • Automated Ticket Enforcement, Automated Traffic Enforcement, CIVIL, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, NEWSLETTER, OHIO, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets

When will Ohio municipalities ever learn? The Ohio Supreme Court has been working overtime on automated enforcement cases brought by motorists against cities and townships across the state. Justice would be better served if the state prohibited ticket cameras altogether. The difficulty is that the larger cities in Ohio have home-rule authority, i.e., they set […]

ALPRs win the Day in the Virginia Supreme Court: NMA E-Newsletter #623

December 20, 2020 • ACLU, ALPR, CIVIL, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOIA, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, NMA, PRIVACY, PUBLIC RECORDS, VIRGINIA

Automatic License Plate Readers or ALPRs can detail a motorist’s comings and goings without any thought of whether the person driving is suspected of nefarious activity. Some motorists around the country are challenging ALPR tracking in court. The latest dispatch comes from Virginia. In 2015, motorist Harrison Neal started his legal battle over the Fairfax […]

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