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Some of El Cajon's tickets can be ignored. If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake, what I call a "Snitch Ticket." For more details, see the Snitch Ticket section on the Your Ticket page and Set # 1, below.

(If you haven't already done so, please read the Snitch Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.)

Here is the front and back of one of the clever fake/phishing/Snitch Tickets El Cajon sends out to some motorists. Snitch Tickets can be ignored. You are not required to provide information to the police, even though the instructions (circled by me) on the back of the fake ticket say, "You are to...."

Also note the "do not call the court" language (circled) on the back side of the fake ticket. A Snitch Ticket will have that phrase, and it will not have the address of the Superior Court.

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official documents obtained under the California Public Records Act.

The information received from the City of El Cajon contained a variety of report styles, some monthly, and some quarterly.

[ ] 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] Monthly data has been received but has not yet been posted on this table, due to time constraints. It is available in Docs Set # 3, below.
[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] Includes enforcement of posted "no turn on red" signs.
[8] The figures are totals for the 19 months 1-1-08 to 7-30-09, from a table provided by the City.

El Cajon Docs Set # 3
Source Documents

On Aug. 4, 2009 the City sent me two large documents.

The five-year renewal of the Redflex contract signed by the City in July 2009 reduced the monthly fee per existing camera from the previous $5370 to a new fee of $4300. The staff report said that two of the nine* existing cameras would be provided at no cost to the City. New cameras will cost $6200 each.
*The staff report indicated nine existing cameras while the quarterly reports provided to the council (see Docs Set # 3, above) listed ten cameras.

Had El Cajon negotiated to obtain a $3300 fee like that obtained in Aug. 2008 by the City of South Gate, it could have saved an additional $1000 per camera per month, or $420,000 for the seven billable cameras over the 60 months of the contract. (Like the El Cajon contract, the South Gate contract calls for two cameras at no cost.)

Or, had the City negotiated a $2225 fee like that in the 2009 contract of the City of Solana Beach, it could have saved $871,500.

El Cajon Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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

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