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Sacramento is 75 miles northeast of San Francisco.

The County of Sacramento operates the joint county/city program.

There was a big refund of 2011 Arden/Watt tickets - See Docs # 7 below.

Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

City Data, Early (ACS System)

On Nov. 29, 2004 I received the following table from the City, covering one year.

City: Violations Recorded (some months), Citations Issued, and Citations Paid

On Dec. 8, 2004 the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department sent me month-by-month ticket counts for each camera. That data is displayed in the table below.

New 12-11-04

Cam #	3613	3614	3623	3632	3634	3643	3651	3652	3653	3654	3663	3664	3672	3674	3676
	Fair Oaks EB@ Howe	Fair Oaks WB@ Howe	El Camino EB@ Ever- green	Arden SB@ Expo- sition	Mack WB@ Valley Hi Left	Mack EB@ Center Pkwy	30th NB@ Capital	Howe SB@ Fair Oaks Left	"J" EB@ Alha- mbra	Broad- way WB@ 21st	Fair Oaks EB@ Howe Left	"W" WB@ 16th	Howe SB@ Col- lege Town	Hwy 50 exit WB@ 16th	Power Inn SB@ Folsom Left?	[3]	Total Cites Issued as % of Recorded	Total Re- corded/ Issued [1]	Paid Cita- tions
Aug01
Sep01	[5]
Oct01	[5]																	1519
Nov01	[5]																	1402
Dec01	[5]																	1387
2001																	59.1%	4308
Jan02	[5]																	403
Feb02	[5]																	526
Mar02	[5]																	664
Apr02	[5]																	209
May02	[5]																	0
Jun02	[5]																	0
Jul02	[5]																	0
Aug02	[5]																	0
Sep02	[5]																	0
Oct02	0		19	0	0	0	0	10	46	38	9	11	0	8	0			141
Nov02	2		60	0	0	11	0	58	0	95	19	19	0	24	0			288
Dec02	2		80	0	3	19	0	84	92	12	20	27	0	33	0			372
2002																	11.6%	2603
Jan03	1		56		7	20		66	56		15	37		22				280
Feb03	2		103		10	19		87	61		21	20		13				336
Mar03	1		121		13	17		90	115		25	30		22				434
Apr03	2		106		11	24		65	108		26	23		34				399
May03	2	3	92	8	12	31		61	87		31	20		50				397
Jun03	1		74	0	4	23		26	100		24	21		63				336
Jul03	0		66	0	3	22		52	105		15	29		53				345	0
Aug03	2		78	5	8	20		49	88		30	21		31				332	28
Sep03	0	0	150	3	30	22		87	105	6	48	30		37				518	209
Oct03			153	4	23	16		59	136	38	64	31		67				591	307
Nov03			124	5	16	16		49	78	50	30	23		37				428	172
Dec03		0	111	0	19	12		63	99	50	25	8		38	24			449	170
2003																	23.8%	4834
Cam #	3613	3614	3623	3632	3634	3643	3651	3652	3653	3654	3663	3664	3672	3674	3676
Jan04		0	97		28	8		23	106	47	18	8		13	5			353	163
Feb04			115		16	17		54	138	39	34	32		50	56			551	291
Mar04			61		12	14		14	107	35	31	13		25	34			346	159
Apr04			156		32	20		61	118	60	26	49		60	168			750	335
May04			86		9	10		31	122	35	16	10		17	82			418	288
Jun04			167		21	23		62	175	77	29	32		67	160			813	499
Jul04			125		24	16		48	123	47	23	7		60	92			565	337
Aug04			173		33	27		64	148	56	35	16		68	157			777	446
Sep04			150		15	13		46	130	32	33	12		39	106			576	280
Oct04			128		18	8		90	130	72	32	17		53	117			665	176
Nov04
Dec04
2004 YTD [2]																	28.7%	5814

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.
[ ] 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] Figures in red type are "raw" violations recorded by the cameras, and have been posted only for selected months, due to time limitations. If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted. The figures in black type are citations issued.

[5] Data has been requested but has not yet been received.

County Data, Early (ACS System)

On Oct. 25, 2004 I received the following small table from the County, covering one year.

On Nov. 29, 2004 I received the following camera-by-camera table from the County, covering 3-1/2 years.

County: Violations Recorded (some months), Citations Issued, Citations Paid

On Dec. 8, 2004 the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department sent me month-by-month ticket counts for each camera. That data is displayed in the table below.

New 12-11-04

Cam #	4015	4025	4028	4029	4038	4048	4058	4067	4077
	Howe NB@ Hurley Left	Watt NB@ Fair Oaks Left	Fair Oaks WB@ Watt out- side lane Left	Fair Oaks WB@ Watt in- side lane Left	Florin WB@ Frank- lin Left	Florin WB@ East Pkwy Left	47th WB@ MLK Left	Arden EB@ Watt Left	Mad- ison EB@ Sun- rise Left	[3]	Total Cites Issued as % of Record- ed	Total Record- ed/ Issued [1]	Cita- tions Paid
Mar01
Apr01	[5]											67
May01	[5]											141
Jun01	[5]											376	64
Jul01	[5]											1071	175
Aug01	[5]											931	454
Sep01	[5]											767	537
Oct01	[5]											1016	542
Nov01	143	201	93	142	156	86	170					991	403
Dec01	129	180	58	117	15	80	156					870	382
2001											44.6%	6230
Jan02	80	76	46	69	46	34	87					438	445
Feb02	84	116	41	99	40	50	97					527	312
Mar02	72	108	38	90	48	50	76					482	331
Apr02	21	23	12	37	14	12	49					168	401
May02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	74
Jun02	[5]											275	36
Jul02	[5]											591	32
Aug02	[5]											584	58
Sep02	[5]											446	641
Oct02	131	13	30	40	69	62	119					464	384
Nov02	95	11	28	31	42	63	101					371	255
Dec02	110	13	23	35	28	77	72					358	227
2002											24.7%	4704
Jan03	91	15	23	31	39	54	73					326	305
Feb03	101	9	25	38	35	65	97					370	285
Mar03	93	20	30	37	62	52	106					400	217
Apr03	65	6	17	35	59	46	62					290	333
May03	69	15	35	32	45	32	75					303	192
Jun03	76	14	40	38	71	31	82					352	321
Jul03	87	34	48	53	98	60	58					438	293
Aug03	121	21	37	49	109	43	56					436	220
Sep03	[5]											489	200
Oct03	103	23	39	59	73	145	75	53	64			634	347
Nov03	69	19	37	31	59	56	61	49	41			422	226
Dec03	74	22	31	36	83	60	42	73	68			489	195
2003											27.3%	4949
Jan04	64	34	25	40	58	62	45	40	28			396	194
Feb04	53	20	8	25	52	47	64	28	49			346	167
Mar04	65	39	49	30	80	46	86	42	54			491	217
Apr04	57	21	29	27	50	48	42	36	49			359	185
May04	84	39	38	44	80	80	55	38	54			512	344
Jun04	83	25	27	43	42	55	24	38	21			358	244
Jul04	99	35	30	50	84	58	42	88	52			538	294
Aug04	106	23	23	30	93	29	64	75	36			479	315
Sep04	113	30	39	43	115	91	75	89	24			619	298
Oct04	97	33	26	29	73	57	48	29	62			454	113
Nov04
Dec04
2004

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.
[ ] indicates a footnote.
[1] Totals are as provided by the County.
[2] YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3] Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of County's system.
[4] Figures in red type are "raw" violations recorded by the cameras, and have been posted only for selected months, due to time limitations. If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted. The figures in black type are citations issued.
[5] Data has been requested but has not yet been received.

City and County Data Combined, New System (RedFlex)

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New 12-2-10, updated 3-20-13

Cam #		47ML	ARCH	ARWA		BR21		ECEA	ECEV	ELDJ	FLEA	FLFR	FLLI	FOHO	FOWA	HOFL	HOFO	HOHU	ISFI		MACE	MACY	MADA	MASU	MAVH	WAFO
		47th & MLK	Arden & Chal- lenge	Arden & Watt [11]		Broad- way & 21st		East- ern & El Cam- ino	El Cam- ino & Ever- green	Elk- horn & Don Julio	Florin & East Pkwy	Florin & Frank- lin	Florin & Lin- dale	Fair Oaks & Howe (also see HOFO)	Fair Oaks & Watt (also see WAFO)	Howe & Fol- som	Howe & Fair Oaks (also see FOHO)	Howe & Hur- ley	I St. & 5th		Mack & Center Pkwy	Man- zanita & Cy- press	Mad- ison & Date	Mad- ison & Sun- rise	Mack & Valley Hi	Fair Oaks & Watt (also see FOWA)	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
May09
Jun09		0		0		0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul09		75 40		328 192		0 0		0 0	0 0		0 0	0 0		0 0	187 135	0 0	0 0	279 229			0 0	0 0	23 23	0 0	0 0	167 75	1059 694
Aug09 [5]				1174 445																							3424 1564
Sep09 [5]				1093 252																							3148 1142
Oct09		178 60		769 178		27 18		0 0	20 14		0 0	36 29		0 0	237 89	0 0	0 0	347 170			29 14	0 0	261 131	133 54	97 49	744 314	2878 1120
Nov09 [5]				359 131																							3864 1906
Dec09 [5]				407 131																							3860 1495
2009
Jan10		95 36	0 0	333 97		231 95		0 0	565 299	0 0	0 0	556 227	0 0	0 0	103 57	32 19	0 0	242 111	0 0		273 110	0 0	248 127	60 34	616 118	443 218	3797 1548
Feb10		128 45	0 0	281 100		159 48		0 0	514 268	0 0	0 0	523 253	0 0	0 0	149 80	282 150	0 0	215 79	0 0		243 84	0 0	254 147	101 47	584 144	437 256	3870 1701
Mar10		145 64	0 0	286 80		250 107		0 0	667 322	0 0	0 0	640 270	0 0	0 0	180 95	449 108	0 0	227 106	0 0		332 134	0 0	235 140	57 25	477 119	398 226	4343 1796
Apr10		157 69	0 0	528 111		224 80		0 0	542 286	0 0	0 0	603 232	0 0	737 309	164 86	385 123	62 33	351 173	0 0		258 83	0 0	267 134	80 43	747 212	621 320	5726 2294
May10		172 45	0 0	1100 106		307 65		0 0	388 138	0 0	0 0	577 149	0 0	396 152	194 68	366 71	64 23	324 105	0 0		307 65	344 232	204 89	82 26	788 114	663 184	6276 1632
Jun10		142 10	0 0	933 30		341 17		0 0	509 45	0 0	1 0	528 33	0 0	249 15	189 15	463 30	125 16	337 28	0 0		271 19	385 69	141 18	79 7	831 25	1025 93	6549 470
Jul10		130 54	0 0	1167 215		337 124		369 149	581 284	0 0	294 115	526 194	0 0	300 81	175 86	435 171	177 84	307 123	0 0		282 82	301 151	154 80	104 63	886 190	717 283	7242 2529
Aug10		101 33	0 0	1077 179		319 111		462 92	663 300	0 0	386 195	491 163	0 0	295 74	155 83	443 147	181 68	294 82	0 0		240 37	228 120	109 63	99 49	715 124	676 266	6934 2186
Sep10		121 57	0 0	1171 243		308 126		381 49	571 321	0 0	359 200	480 158	0 0	367 114	242 134	429 156	183 69	225 94	0 0		251 73	257 105	106 45	92 46	719 166	865 370	7127 2526
Oct10		121 43	0 0	1111 239		256 82		339 49	543 265	0 0	405 207	469 159	0 0	319 80	174 65	407 127	133 36	252 99	0 0		236 68	355 144	129 67	117 54	1182 68	776 283	7324 2235
Nov10		117 34	204 49	933 177		177 51		368 60	478 248	0 0	415 224	450 182	0 0	324 113	118 41	330 107	111 38	253 104	178 81		222 62	293 148	232 133	127 72	633 165	745 240	6708 2329
Dec10		99 26	648 281	967 172		160 41		346 50	487 228	0 0	397 224	408 130	0 0	253 54	124 42	303 69	143 35	251 78	688 292		207 53	275 96	258 131	174 54	587 130	703 162	7478 2348
2010
Jan11		123 38	785 114	845 140		126 33		420 46	477 207	0 0	395 211	347 133	0 0	253 70	124 42	267 69	130 39	211 66	956 256		191 50	280 118	223 122	117 50	420 81	686 161	7376 2026
Feb11		103 28	592 69	794 139		132 37		326 31	416 185	0 0	307 184	358 127	0 0	266 81	127 56	274 76	123 28	246 90	932 281		167 31	237 106	163 80	89 39	358 101	662 209	6672 1978
Mar11		107 37	596 91	778 106		213 65		340 43	484 217	0 0	416 242	406 124	0 0	273 87	152 56	344 82	150 35	245 79	1031 312		199 38	264 88	203 81	91 32	480 119	736 255	7508 2189
Apr11		105 22	609 86	858 113		251 84		396 60	552 205	0 0	335 166	417 96	0 0	260 88	156 49	333 79	154 38	285 96	1231 292		173 41	251 99	217 77	107 40	383 81	692 219	7764 2031
May11		122 27	573 66	816 74		240 64		393 45	509 200	0 0	457 200	410 89	0 0	332 110	123 35	372 87	156 40	239 51	1262 327		186 20	254 72	202 57	92 26	484 86	636 188	7858 1864
Jun11		114 37	601 71	765 70		273 82		406 49	542 188	0 0	306 143	385 85	0 0	243 70	108 39	334 79	129 32	340 117	1006 242		159 32	237 82	189 69	113 34	448 87	645 176	7343 1784
Jul11		110 41	730 103	1047 170		292 104		415 61	566 241	0 0	315 189	422 118	92 55	301 115	118 53	420 130	114 46	399 131	848 246		199 46	233 84	201 85	246 54	515 97	610 190	8193 2359
Aug11		126 41	654 96	1160 226		300 87		455 101	512 223	0 0	444 290	420 151	185 54	337 113	163 80	381 117	144 54	380 152	929 284		224 58	259 147	276 150	128 54	745 97	747 282	8969 2857
Sep11		143 50	781 116	1106 174		308 120		408 68	505 249	0 0	390 260	414 153	149 25	515 161	177 66	452 116	152 45	354 122	763 230		224 63	248 124	290 140	577 195	393 100	700 231	9049 2808
Oct11		137 39	832 94	1146 261		264 99		408 57	462 187	0 0	429 245	405 157	137 33	463 106	187 64	369 79	165 37	355 116	636 183		211 68	258 109	209 112	367 154	439 123	638 200	8517 2523
Nov11		93 26	856 106	1008 233		151 50		351 63	421 161	2 1	381 228	353 106	190 44	372 86	131 47	464 80	125 33	331 128	751 245		221 70	278 109	136 62	417 190	423 115	612 228	8067 2411
Dec11		86 30	886 85	1074 191		169 54		434 70	371 150	144 91	366 223	339 134	195 67	296 73	114 38	373 92	178 37	256 90	717 237		212 71	277 94	193 124	488 207	454 152	475 192	8097 2502
2011
Jan12		318 32	746 48	779 72		132 28		303 26	265 66	133 27	284 113	338 44	126 25	200 35	119 19	253 50	103 11	263 54	622 122		162 31	249 73	205 72	414 110	443 68	476 122	6923 1248
Feb12		129 27	565 45	694 52		108 22		283 26	311 79	140 28	316 117	346 65	158 33	228 21	115 26	329 69	104 10	279 51	531 84		157 18	206 56	216 78	422 125	414 64	436 110	6487 1206
Mar12	[9]
Apr12	[9]
May12	[9]
Jun12	[9]
Jul12	[9]
Aug12	[9]
Sep12	[9]
Oct12	[9]
Nov12	116 31	115 20	545 60	201 23	34 3	147 33	331 166	318 28	337 101	116 28	302 117	584 116	126 21	217 26	147 27	247 68	106 22	391 85	646 150	286 55	179 31	193 53	207 71	341 100	393 48	581 111	7206 1594
Dec12 [5]																											7197 1345
2012
Jan13	94 32	112 27	521 39	250 34	31 4	147 28	213 113	350 43	273 78	203 60	310 134	353 75	141 33	147 35	121 35	314 62	69 19	289 85	643 191	328 53	149 37	227 66	196 85	288 106	446 54	468 123	6683 1651
Feb13																											6525 1682
Mar13
Apr13
May13
Jun13
Jul13
Aug13
Sep13
Oct13
Nov13
Dec13
2013
Cam # City/ County	16WS ci	47ML co	ARCH ci	ARWA co	AUGA co	BR21 ci	CA99 co	ECEA co	ECEV ci	ELDJ co	FLEA co	FLFR co	FLLI co	FOHO ci	FOWA co	HOFL ci	HOFO ci	HOHU co	ISFI ci	JSAL ci	MACE ci	MACY co	MADA co	MASU co	MAVH ci	WAFO co
[10]	16th & W	47th & MLK	Arden & Chal- lenge	Arden & Watt [11]	Au- burn & Gar- field	Broad- way & 21st	Cal- vine & 99	East- ern & El Cam- ino	El Cam- ino & Ever- green	Elk- horn & Don Julio	Florin & East Pkwy	Florin & Frank- lin	Florin & Lin- dale	Fair Oaks & Howe (also see HOFO)	Fair Oaks & Watt (also see WAFO)	Howe/ Power Inn & Fol- som	Howe & Fair Oaks (also see FOHO)	Howe & Hur- ley	I St. & 5th	J & Al ham- bra	Mack & Center Pkwy	Man- zanita & Cy- press	Mad- ison & Date	Mad- ison & Sun- rise	Mack & Valley Hi/ La Man- cha	Fair Oaks & Watt (also see FOWA)	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
[6]	NB 16th	WB 47th	EB Arden	EB Arden		WB Broad- way	EB Cal- vine	EB El Cam- ino	EB El Cam- ino	EB Elk- horn	EB Florin	WB Florin	EB Florin	EB Fair Oaks	WB Fair Oaks	SB Howe	SB Howe	NB Howe	WB I	EB J	EB Mack	SB Man- zanita	WB Mad- ison	EB Mad- ison	WB Mack	NB Watt

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

Official reports: Jun09, Jul09, Aug09, Sep09, Oct09, Nov09, Dec09, Jan10, Feb10, Mar10, Apr10, May10, Jun10, Jul10, Aug10, Sep10, Oct10, Nov10, Dec10, Jan11, Feb11, Mar11, Apr11, May11, Jun11, Jul11, Aug11, Sep11, Oct11, Nov11, Dec11, Jan12, Feb12, Nov12-Jan13

[ ] 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] 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, and due to time limitations may have been posted here only for selected months or locations. If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted. 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).
[5] Full monthly data has been received but may not have been posted, due to time constraints. It is available at the links, above.
[6] The direction of enforcement is from the report linked in Set # 8, below.
[7] Includes enforcement of posted "no turn on red" signs.
[8] Monthly data has not been requested.
[9] Monthly data was requested on 3-8-13.
[10] 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.
[11] See info about 2011 Arden/Watt refund, in Docs Set # 7, below.

Sacramento Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City/County 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.

47ML 2009
47ML 2010

ARCH 2011

ARWA 2009
ARWA 2010
ARWA 2011 Jan.
ARWA 2011 Apr.
ARWA 2011 Jun.
ARWA 2011 Jul.
ARWA 2011 Aug.
ARWA 2011 Sep.
ARWA 2011 Oct.
ARWA 2011 Nov.
ARWA 2011 Dec.

BR21 2009
BR21 2010

ECEA 2010

ECEV 2009
ECEV 2010

ELDJ 2011

FLEA 2010

FLFR 2009
FLFR 2010

FLLI 2011

FOHO 2010

FOWA 2009
FOWA 2010

HOFL 2010

HOFO 2010

HOHU 2009
HOHU 2010

ISFI 2011

MACE 2009
MACE 2010

MACY 2010

MADA 2009
MADA 2010

MASU 2009
MASU 2010

MAVH 2009
MAVH 2010

WAFO 2009
WAFO 2010

All cameras, 2012

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

Sacramento Docs Set # 3
The Contract, Etc.

2008 Contract
Memo of Understanding (MOU)
2010 Extension

Until late 2008 the City & County's combined system was provided by ACS, and the tickets were signed by the Highway Patrol. Then, on Dec. 1, 2008 the Board of Supervisors signed a contract with RedFlex for a new joint system, to be operated by the County.

Some of the "tickets" mailed may be "Snitch Tickets," which you can ignore. A Snitch Ticket will not have the Court's name and address on it. For more details, see the Snitch Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.

The MOU specifies that for a ticket to be issued, the Late Time must be 0.2 secs. or greater.

The contract is "flat rate" - it does not include an illegal "cost neutrality" clause.

The 2010 extension ended on Dec. 31, 2012.

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.

Sacramento Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website & Elsewhere

There is program info at the police department's website and also at the website for the City's Transportation Department.

Sacramento Docs Set # 5
Appeals

The info in Sets # 5 - 6 is applicable throughout Sacramento County.

One defendant in Sacramento took the specific issue of the length of the left turn yellow (second part of Defect # 2) to the appellate court. While he lost, his trial transcript and appeal brief are very interesting: Sacramento Left Yellow Brief.

Other Sacramento defendants won their appeals.
(1) There is an exception to the hearsay rule, for documents created by a government employee - but many of the documents the police present in court have been created by a private company's employees, who have no official duty to report accurately. The Bohl decision addressed the hearsay issue.
(2) In the Moore decision the appellate court reversed the conviction because the calibration report stated that the warranty for the calibration was only good for 30 days and the cameras in Sacramento were only calibrated once every six months. Because the red light signal was not shown on the ticket and the camera had not been calibrated in five months the appellate court ruled that the People had not met their burden of proof that the camera was working properly at the time of it recorded the violation. Also see the Graham decision.

Shortly before he died, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Gary Webb wrote about Sacramento traffic court and the Bohl case. His Nov. 25, 2004 article, "Red Light, Green Cash," is available by typing "Bohl" into the search box at: http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Home .

Docs Set # 6
Statement of Identification Required for TBD?

The info in Sets # 5 - 6 is applicable throughout Sacramento County.

The Sacramento Superior Court has been attempting to keep defendants from using a Trial by Declaration ("TBD") to raise the question of identity. When you contact a court and request a TBD, most courts will give you, or send you, the necessary forms. In Sacramento County, in addition to supplying the usual state-approved TBD forms (TR-205, TR-200), they have been sending out a special form that they created for their own local use. The form asks you to admit that you were the driver.

They are so helpful that they even fill-in the case and citation number for you!

When I first heard about this form (December 2006), I called the court's traffic line and asked the attendant if signing the form was required. She said that a red light camera TBD would not even reach the courtroom if this TRL/I-16 form was not signed.

I called the court and complained. They took no action, so in Feb. 2007 I wrote to the presiding judge. He defended the use of the form. However, later on, when I phoned to follow-up, an attendant told me that signing the form was optional.

In 2009 I inquired and found that the court was still sending the form to defendants. I wrote to the presiding judge, who did not reply.

In 2011 a defendant let me know that his Trial by Declaration filing had been returned to him, without adjudication. On May 3, 2011 I wrote to the presiding judge:

"The Court has made it clear that signing the TRL/I-16 form is mandatory. The Court's TRL/I-36 form (also part of the TBD packet) says, 'All forms must be completed and returned….' Further, I am attaching, from a completed case, a copy of a TR-215 form bearing the Court's handwritten notation, 'Drop from TBD - no admission of ID' and, from the same completed case, a form entitled Notice of Non Compliance or Ineligibility bearing the typewritten notation, 'Since the red light camera statement of identification form was not signed in your written trial by declaration statement of facts the judge dropped you from the TBD calendar.'"

On June 24 the presiding judge responded:

"The court is modifying its procedures in light of the points you have raised."

The presiding judge's letter did not specify what modifications they would be making, but the best thing would be if they eliminate the form entirely. If you enounter this form in Sacramento County, or if you have encountered something similar in another county, please let me know.

Docs Set # 7
Arden/Watt Refunds

On Jan. 26, 2012 a News10 story revealed that following a request from the sheriff, the court had overturned the citations of 163 people who got Arden/Watt tickets between July and December 2011.

Sheriff documents received here on Feb. 27, 2012 discussed why the 163 refunds were made.

Court documents received here on Mar. 23, 2012 revealed that on Feb. 29, 2012 the sheriff asked for an additional 90 refunds to be made.

During those six months 1255 tickets were issued, versus 642 during the first six months of the year. An extra 613 tickets. Why was the number of refunds - a total of 253 - so much smaller?

If you got an Arden/Watt ticket between Jul. 15 and Dec. 23, 2011, please contact me. Even if you already have paid it.

If the court or the sheriff dismissed your ticket from some other intersection, please contact me.

Docs Set # 8
Engineering Audit Report

The Memo of Understanding between the City and the County requires an annual written audit of the program.

2012 Audit

Docs Set # 9
More Coming

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

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