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Class Action Lawsuit Against Austin, Texas for Equal Protection Violation?

Red-light cameras in Austin, Texas have caught many motorists running a red light.  If you're a police officer, you - unlike every else - won't get a traffic citation:Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo responded with a powerful statement: ?It is a concern. We talk about it to our folks.? Wow, it is a concern? How much of a concern would it be when these police cruisers crash into a passenger car. The Chief also rejected the notion of officers paying tickets for running lights: ?What we do and what our policy is if that occurs is that we use progressive discipline to correct the behavior in either training or correct the behavior and so far, we haven?t had anybody do it twice. From my perspective, you?ve got to have your lights on, its required by the code...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).