IP: Lockheed gets $70 for each red light ticket in San Diego

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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>More coverage:
>
>      Ex-worker says firm puts profits over safety
>      Jul. 7, 2001 05:50 ET
>      http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010706-9999_7m6cameras.html
>
>      Clouds on holiday horizon
>      Jul. 7, 2001 05:30 ET
> 
>http://www.newsobserver.com/saturday/news/columnists/Story/513067p-508721c.html
>
>      Motorists race to court to challenge red-light cameras -- Photos
>      called privacy threat
>      Jul. 7, 2001 04:46 ET
>      http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010706/3462035s.htm
>
>      Most red-light camera cases voided
>      Jul. 4, 2001 05:48 ET
>      http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010703-9999_1m3tickets.html
>
>      STOP OR THEY'LL SHOOT
>      Jul. 3, 2001 05:44 ET
> 
>http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/today/business_b3048022d12c103b0034.html
>
>      Look who's watching
>      Jul. 3, 2001 04:15 ET
>      http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20010703-698391.htm
>
>      District Begins Using Radar Cameras
>      Jul. 3, 2001 03:15 ET
>      http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10846-2001Jul2.html
>
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>From: rms@privacyfoundation.org (Richard M. Smith)
>To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <declan@well.com>
>Subject: Lockheed gets a piece of the action with the San Diego red-light 
>cameras
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 13:59:01 -0400
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>Hi,
>
>City governments hire private firms all of the time
>to help provide city services.  However, the idea of
>that a private company gets a percentage of traffic fines
>seems quite wrong headed to me.
>
>   Ex-worker says firm puts profits over safety
>   Man testifies that revenue is main purpose of red-light cameras at
>intersections
>   http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010706-9999_7m6cameras.html
>
>   "Lockheed gets $70 for every $271 fine generated by a red-light
>   ticket in San Diego, according to testimony yesterday."
>
>Richard M. Smith
>CTO, http://www.privacyfoundation.org
>
>********
>
>From: "Diamond, Richard" <Richard.Diamond@mail.house.gov>
>Subject: Local news coverage of San Diego red light camera criminal case
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:22:58 -0400
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>Here's an update from local stations on today's hearing in San Diego where 
>red light cameras are on trial.
>
>Highlights: a Lockheed Martin whistleblower takes the stand to say their 
>only motive was profit.  Also, a San Diego court clerk testifies that the 
>camera program was fraught with problems. The case will continue into next 
>week. Full text below.
>
>Richard Diamond
>Office of the Majority Leader
>US House of Representatives
>202-225-6007 / www.freedom.gov
>
>Artie Ojeda, Lawyers challenge 400 red-light tickets, NBCSanDiego.com, 7/5/01
><http://NBCSanDiego.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=NBCArticle&cid=NBCCSXHFSOC&p=NBCWPJZRB8C&preview=true>http://NBCSanDiego.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=NBCArticle&cid=NBCCSXHFSOC&p=NBCWPJZRB8C&preview=true
>
>SAN DIEGO, July 5 -    A San Diego judge is being asked to dismiss 
>hundreds of red-light tickets in what may be one of the largest traffic 
>court cases in history.  Lawyers for the people who received citations are 
>arguing that the automated  cameras used to generate the tickets are 
>unconstitutional.
>
>
>Lawyers want the judge to dismiss tickets issued to some 400 drivers who 
>were photographed running red lights at 19 San Diego  intersections. The 
>lawyers argued Thursday that the red-light cameras installed and operated 
>at the intersections by Lockheed Martin are there to generate revenue and 
>not to protect public safety. They also claimed that the remote 
>surveillance violates the constitutional rights of San Diego drivers.
>
>[snip. --DBM]
>
>Red Light Camera Hearing Begins: Lawsuit Seeks To Have Tickets Thrown Out, 
>KGTV-10, 7/5/01
><http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-85893420010705-130747.html>http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-85893420010705-130747.html 
>
>SAN DIEGO, 4:15 p.m. PDT July 5, 2001 -- Witnesses began testifying 
>Thursday in a class-action lawsuit aimed at getting hundreds of red light 
>camera tickets thrown out.
>
>         A total of 290 drivers are named in the suit, which claims that 
> the red light ticket program in San Diego is flawed and unfair.
>
>[snip --DBM]
>
>        If you'd like more detailed information on the red light cameras, 
> you can call the city information line at (619) 533-5604.
>
><http://www.kogo.com/localstory.html?ID=20010703132003>http://www.kogo.com/localstory.html?ID=20010703132003 
>
>
>Most red-light camera cases voided; But refunds aren't OK'd for motorists 
>who've paid fines, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/3/01
>
>A judge yesterday threw out almost all the active traffic tickets 
>generated by red-light cameras at three San Diego intersections, a move 
>that followed city officials' announcement of possible irregularities with 
>the cameras.
>
>         Superior Court Presiding Judge Wayne Peterson dismissed almost 
> all unresolved red-light citations issued before June 6 by cameras at 
> 16th and F streets downtown; Ingraham Street and Garnet Avenue in Pacific 
> Beach; and Mira Mesa Boulevard and Black Mountain Road in Mira Mesa.
>
>[snip --DBM]
>
>
>
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