Sunday, January 26, 2014

Red light camera corruption could extend to Washington State

King 5 . com

by GLENN FARLEY / KING 5 News

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Posted on January 24, 2014 at 6:24 PM

Updated yesterday at 8:14 PM

SEATTLE -- There are over 20 cities in Washington State that use red light cameras and they're split between two different vendors. In Seattle it's American Traffic Solutions. The other is a company called Redflex.
Whether you consider them big brother or an electronic cop that can watch dangerous intersections all day every day, traffic cameras are controversial.
One of the things that make them that way is perception over the money they generate, which in our state is $124 a ticket.
Watchdog organizations like bancams.com say profits for the companies are a big incentive to win contracts with cities at any cost. And in Chicago allegations are swirling around a scandal involving Redflex and how far some company sales employees were willing to go to win millions in business.
So what does that have to do with Washington State?
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Fired photo radar exec. says he bribed Colorado officials

by 13News Now, Trevor Hughs/The Coloradoan

WVEC.com

Posted on January 24, 2014 at 5:48 PM

Updated today at 5:10 AM

VIRGINIA BEACH -- A former top executive of the company that runs red-light and speed-camera systems in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News says he and others gave “lavish gifts and bribes” to government officials in Colorado and elsewhere to secure and retain their business.
None of the three cities say they’ve received anything from Redflex, the Arizona-based company that runs the city’s camera-radar systems. The contracts between Redflex and the three cities were not available on Friday, but Virginia Beach says its contract for the current fiscal year tops $700,000.
According to legal documents, former Redflex Executive Vice President Aaron Rosenberg says he and his bosses routinely gave out everything from sporting-event tickets to rounds of golf and meals to government officials in charge of deciding whether to hire and retain the company.
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