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Elk Grove Documents

Some of Elk Grove's tickets can possibly be ignored.  If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is what I call a "Snitch Ticket."  For more details, see the Snitch Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.

Elk Grove Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New 10-7-10, updated 11-12-12

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act.

Official Reports, Nov. 2007 to Aug. 2010
Official reports, May 2008 - Dec. 2011
Official reports, Oct. 2010 to Sept. 2012

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3]  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4]  Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated.  Any figures in red type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what RedFlex calls Total Violations, or all incidents recorded by the cameras.  The figures in black type are what RedFlex calls Notices Printed, and represent the sum of genuine citations issued (those filed with the court) plus any Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets). Due to time limitations data may have been posted to the table only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months or locations will be posted.  Full official data has been received and is available at one of the links given above.
[5]  Data  for this month has not been requested, due to time limitations.
[6]  The camera enforcement is believed to be on traffic on the first-named street, but the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left, right) is not yet available.
[7]  Data for this month was requested on:
[8]  Official report was received on 10-29-12 and is available at one of the links given above.
[9]  The title bar has been repeated solely for the convenience of the reader - there is no difference between it and the one at the top of the table.
[10]  BOEG began operation in March 2012.

Elk Grove Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera, for all of its cameras.
These graphs track violations recorded, not tickets issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time violations in a curb lane, it is believed to indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.
(The curb lane will be the lane with the highest lane number.)


The picture above is an example from another city.

Bar Graphs, July 2008 & July 2010
Bar Graphs, July 2012

Bar graphs are available for more than fifty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

Elk Grove Docs Set # 3
The Contract - Paying Too Much, For Too Long!

Jan. 2007 Proposal
Jan. 2007 Proposal:  Clearer Copy of Pg. 112
May 2007 Five-Year Contract, and Business Rules
Dec. 2011 Amendment (24-Month Extension)

In the Dec. 2011 Amendment the City agreed to extend the program for 24 months beyond the May 2012 expiration date of the original contract and to continue paying $5870 for each camera each month - while many other cities pay $3000 or less (see FAQ # 17).  As a result, the City will pay at least $413,000 too much over the added 24 months, compared to a $3000 target price. The minutes of the Dec. 2011 city council meeting during which the Amendment was approved show that it was agreed to without any discussion by the council.

The 24-month extension is in reality a 36-month extension because Section 7.2 of the Amendment, which estimates a $50,000 to $80,000 per camera penalty the City would have to pay for Termination Without Cause, also includes this:

"A decision by the City to not renew the Term under the same or substantially similar terms and conditions contained in this Amendment prior to expiration of the thirty-six (36) month period described in this Provision shall be considered Termination Without Cause."

Thus, in order to avoid a stiff penalty, the City will required to keep the cameras for 12 more months after the 24-month extension ends.  Over that combined (36-month) extension, the City will pay $620,000 too much.  

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the ones listed above.

Elk Grove Docs Set # 4
Info on EGPD Site

There is program info at the police department's website.

Elk Grove Docs Set # 5
More Coming

There may be some more Elk Grove information posted in the next few weeks.  Mark your calendar to remind you to come back here and look!

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