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VISIT FROM SANTA
CLAUS.
REDFLEX -- THE
COMPANY THAT
OWNED AND
OPERATED
ALBUQUERQUE'S
RED LIGHT
CAMERAS... IS
PLANNING TO
TAKE PEOPLE
WITH
OUTSTANDING
TICKETS TO
COURT.
NEWS 13'S
AMANDA
GOODMAN IS LIVE
IN THE NEWSPLEX.
THE CITY WARNED
THIS WAS A
POSSIBILITY
EIGHT-MONTHS
AGO WHEN IT
SIGNED A NEW
CONTRACT WITH
REDFLEX TO
COLLECT THAT
MONEY.
THOSE WITH
UNPAID TICKETS
MAY BE STARTING
THE NEW YEAR
OFF IN COURT.
THEY MAY BE
GONE--
BUT THE GHOSTS
OF RED LIGHT
CAMERAS PAST
ARE STILL
HAUNTING THE
CITY.
Amanda: "voters
decided to get rid of
the cameras.. but the
drama continues...
Ken: "Yeah its a never
ending story... and a
never ending saga."
THE LATEST
CHAPTER COMES
NEARLY A YEAR
TO THE DAY AFTER
THE RED LIGHT
CAMERAS WENT
DARK.
NEWS 13 HAS
LEARNED
REDFLEX -- THE
ARIZONA BASED
COMPANY THAT
OWNED AND
OPERATED THE
CAMERAS -- PLANS
TO TAKE
OUTSTANDING
TICKET HOLDERS
TO COURT... AND
SOON.
...
..."its hard to say what
exactly will happen
once the process
starts to go through."
MORE THAN 100-
THOUSAND
PEOPLE WITH
OUTSTANDING RED
LIGHT CAMERA
AND SPEEDING
CITATIONS--
STILL OWE ABOUT
13 MILLION
DOLLARS IN FINES.
REDFLEX IS IN
CHARGE OF
COLLECTING THAT
MONEY.
BUT THEIR
COLLECTION
EFFORTS ARE
ONLY NOW
GETTING
STARTED.
...
... "they're doing their
thing.. its not costing
the city any more
money and if they've
got a process in place
that takes them 8
months.. let it .. so be
it."
COUNCILOR KEN
SANCHEZ SAYS
THE CITY COUNCIL
DECIDED TO WORK
WITH REDFLEX
AFTER VOTERS
NIXED THE
PROGRAM...
BECAUSE THE
COMPANY HIT THE
CITY WITH A
FOUR-AND-A-HALF
MILLION-DOLLAR
DEMAND LETTER --
IT'S SHARE OF ALL
OUTSTANDING
TICKETS.
...
... "we kind of felt and I
felt that if we didn't
give them that
authority that the city
could potentially be
sued and the
taxpayers would end
up having to pay for
those fines."
THE CITY SAYS
REDFLEX WILL GO
AFTER THE WORST
REPEAT
OFFENDERS FIRST.
OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS
REDFLEX SAYS IT
WILL START FILING
FOR DEFAULT
JUDGEMENTS IN
DISTRICT COURT.
...
... "I think its going to
be interesting to see
what RedFlex will
collect."
THE CITY'S
CURRENT
CONTRACT WITH
REDFLEX RUNS
FOR FOUR YEARS.
ANY MONEY
COLLECTED WILL
BE SPLIT
BETWEEN THE
COMPANY, THE
CITY AND THE
STATE.
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY AMANDA.
STATE LAW
REQUIRES THE
CITY TO GO AFTER
THOSE
OUTSTANDING
TICKET HOLDERS.
THERE'S A NEW