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City of Garden Grove Documents
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Garden Grove, pop. 171,000, is 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Some of Garden Grove's tickets can be ignored. If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is what I call a "Snitch Ticket." For more details, see the Fake Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.

Be sure to read the "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 6 on the Santa Ana Documents page.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded, Notices Printed [7]

New 9-24-04, updated 2-28-12

Cam #	BRCH 01	BROR 01	BRWE 01	BRWE 03	CHBR 01	HATR 01	MATR 01	TRBR 01	TRBR 03	TRHA 01	TRMA 01	VACH 01	VACH 03	VVLA 01
	Brook- hurst SB@ Chap- man [5] Thru & Right	Brook- hurst NB@ Orange- wood	Brook- hurst SB@ West- minster Thru	Brook- hurst NB@ West- minster Thru	Chap- man WB@ Brook- hurst Left	Harbor SB@ Trask Left	Trask EB@ Mag- nolia [6] Left	Brook- hurst SB@ Trask [6] Left	Trask EB@ Brook- hurst Thru	Trask EB@ Harbor Thru	Trask WB@ Mag- nolia Left	Valley View @ Chap- man [6]	Valley View @ Chap- man [6]	Valley View SB@ Lamp- son	[3]	Total Cita- tions Issued as % of Events Recor- ded	Total Viola- tions Recor- ded/ Notices Printed [1] [4] [7]
Jan04	96		14	29	93	?	260	6	23	?	74						639
Feb04	145		41	64	120	95	167	8	40	18	100						798
Mar04	228		47	68	127	318	276	7	51	55	117						1294
Apr04	169		34	46	87	241	235	19	48	93	91						1063
May04	119		43	49	48	207	146	8	40	45	40						745
Jun04	103		48	54	6	36	55	13	8	14	18						355
Jul04	110		41	43	0	60	49	7	6	13	12						341
Aug04	178		[8]	[8]	14	49	82	4	78	8	23						436
Sep04
Oct04	271 116	0 0	0 0	0 0	11 8	79 67	56 44	20 3	137 88	56 34	42 19	0 0	0 0	436 215			1108 594
Nov04
Dec04
2004
Jan05	360 212	0 0	52 17	69 25	5 4	38 32	73 58	16 7	117 83	38 21	32 20	0 0	0 0	520 316			1320 795
Apr05	233 159	0 0	81 61	85 68	15 15	96 76	75 62	27 19	113 78	40 23	19 16	61 47	63 54	267 165			1175 843
Jul05	198 127	57 13	59 35	81 64	14 8	0 0	76 59	103 66	25 14	141 60	121 48	183 113	239 175	248 148			1545 930
Oct05	202 124	125 61	19 6	37 24	7 7	0 0	82 61	70 43	18 5	100 64	54 26	145 98	184 100	233 159			1276 778
2005
Jan06	173 109	222 140	31 14	29 14	8 2	0 0	38 31	38 27	15 8	62 42	65 32	118 67	144 97	150 84			1093 667
Apr06	177 113	197 115	43 21	41 19	16 7	0 0	27 22	17 8	94 41	84 38	109 36	117 68	139 106	151 84			1212 678
Jul06	227 132	197 89	48 18	68 35	20 10	0 0	33 21	10 3	23 11	137 59	157 48	122 69	196 117	198 87			1436 699
Oct06	188 113	215 80	37 12	77 41	17 0	0 0	2 1	11 3	8 1	40 18	123 39	118 44	165 113	165 79			1166 544
2006
Jan07	165 96	152 70	40 20	50 22	16 13	0 0	5 4	1 0	10 3	29 15	89 37	79 48	141 98	114 75			891 501
Apr07	141 86	149 81	39 20	51 34	9 3	0 0	21 7	3 1	9 3	0 0	101 36	98 52	157 109	152 86			930 518
Jul07	148 86	174 107	60 27	57 35	21 10	1 0	0 0	4 0	20 8	0 0	114 41	110 66	137 86	169 83			1015 549
Oct07	130 81	133 75	65 20	71 43	18 2	170 90	74 36	9 0	14 3	3 2	20 9	76 45	120 80	124 75			1027 561
2007
Jan08	96 48	153 82	39 19	70 31	10 7	131 91	24 14	8 1	10 6	250 130	17 5	57 22	136 93	101 51			1102 600
Feb08 [9]						119 85				244 113				95 48			976 590
Mar08 [9]						154 92				267 141				117 75			1106 677
Apr08 [9]						157 94				293 166				96 49			1160 699
May08 [9]						170 113				222 100				125 79			1157 696
Jun08 [9]						135 94				251 113				118 56			1132 647
Jul08	57 31	181 109	71 35	51 25	5 2	130 86	37 30	2 1	12 5	211 95	8 2	107 72	125 76	141 84			1138 653
Aug08 [9]						94 80				216 103				134 83			1110 669
Sep08 [9]						98 78				181 73				117 81			1024 649
Oct08 [9]						117 82				190 77				131 85			1064 616
Nov08 [9]						119 77				180 109				92 58			987 594
Dec08 [9]						106 83				204 131				131 84			994 623
2008
Jan09	75 35	142 68	31 11	34 21	7 5	103 61	32 14	4 2	8 3	190 106	8 2	60 43	91 72	119 84			904 527
Feb09 [9]						77 56				171 84				114 66			722 422
Mar09 [9]						94 45				265 170				120 72			962 593
Apr09 [9]						93 55				249 149				89 42			983 571
May09 [9]						55 23				287 176				135 67			1049 662
Jun09 [9]						74 45				241 113				127 56			1014 515
Jul09	62 22	161 66	44 32	47 23	5 2	92 51	41 26	4 3	13 6	261 122	8 4	65 42	102 80	124 57			1029 536
Aug09	60 26	146 65	67 39	56 29	6 3	89 54	61 25	3 1	13 10	279 142	18 6	79 52	88 68	116 56			1081 576
Sep09	61 39	148 68	56 35	69 42	10 3	88 54	60 32	6 1	6 3	213 109	12 4	73 53	107 75	100 51			1009 569
Oct09	52 35	159 76	58 36	59 40	7 6	77 49	79 39	2 0	16 13	242 124	15 6	102 85	110 81	117 63			1095 653
Nov09	29 14	176 50	26 19	59 40	6 5	68 45	60 34	8 7	13 8	212 111	16 7	63 45	78 65	102 56			916 506
Dec09	0 0	112 71	27 21	38 26	8 8	91 60	45 23	1 0	12 11	121 57	30 7	44 34	74 65	102 65			705 448
2009
Jan10	0 0	121 79	30 23	54 40	3 2	94 54	42 19	1 1	17 8	25 8	32 14	58 49	69 53	93 59			639 409
Feb10	0 0	153 81	31 14	44 31	6 3	55 36	46 18	5 1	8 5	0 0	23 7	50 39	65 59	79 43			565 337
Mar10	146 51	140 67	40 24	54 39	6 2	118 94	44 19	2 1	10 9	2 1	49 11	74 54	78 65	200 84			963 521
Apr10	96 47	146 70	25 15	51 38	7 3	117 85	42 24	5 5	14 11	159 66	24 5	79 64	118 102	240 73			1123 608
May10	97 33	138 68	25 14	74 55	8 3	162 110	52 30	2 1	20 16	123 49	25 6	105 83	111 83	241 91			1183 642
Jun10	73 29	144 71	37 13	50 39	4 0	152 104	69 38	6 2	13 9	144 59	31 13	54 40	50 33	223 55			1050 505
Jul10	117 32	141 56	48 25	37 30	7 3	160 106	74 37	2 1	13 11	131 38	26 7	39 20	37 12	222 59			1054 437
Aug10	128 38	184 88	62 34	71 55	11 3	143 82	89 36	3 1	13 9	141 33	47 13	47 30	43 33	231 62			1213 517
Sep10	393 68	121 54	40 21	51 40	5 1	144 92	89 30	5 2	12 7	131 58	36 14	50 30	52 38	150 50			1279 505
Oct10	206 71	95 51	40 22	69 37	7 5	160 113	89 40	7 6	13 8	139 67	28 7	35 25	38 31	227 91			1153 574
Nov10	[10]
Dec10	96 43	134 63	50 30	50 35	19 15	115 69	76 33	1 0	7 6	108 65	26 14	22 12	30 17	267 86			1001 488
2010
Cam #	BRCH 01	BROR 01	BRWE 01	BRWE 03	CHBR 01	HATR 01	MATR 01	TRBR 01	TRBR 03	TRHA 01	TRMA 01	VACH 01	VACH 03	VVLA 01
[11]	Brook- hurst SB@ Chap- man [5] Thru & Right	Brook- hurst NB@ Orange- wood	Brook- hurst SB@ West- minster Thru	Brook- hurst NB@ West- minster Thru	Chap- man WB@ Brook- hurst Left	Harbor SB@ Trask Left	Trask EB@ Mag- nolia [6] Left	Brook- hurst SB@ Trask [6] Left	Trask EB@ Brook- hurst Thru	Trask EB@ Harbor Thru	Trask WB@ Mag- nolia Left	Valley View @ Chap- man [6]	Valley View @ Chap- man [6]	Valley View SB@ Lamp- son	[3]	Total Cita- tions Issued as % of Events Recor- ded	Total Viola- tions Recor- ded/ Notices Printed [1] [4] [7]
Jan11	135 46	77 34	52 37	39 29	13 11	107 69	75 34	5 1	15 12	110 57	28 18	38 34	25 17	206 65			925 464
Feb11	115 39	115 53	44 27	46 37	12 11	98 65	68 30	1 0	13 12	103 61	19 7	26 15	38 20	224 80			922 457
Mar11	132 49	135 53	48 29	55 36	9 5	109 69	64 36	5 2	13 8	131 78	21 13	35 20	40 28	277 109			1074 535
Apr11	127 55	137 69	72 35	61 40	7 4	146 85	73 27	4 2	11 5	150 71	21 8	51 24	46 33	140 44			1046 502
May11	132 50	173 80	93 58	36 27	10 3	179 114	78 45	2 1	14 9	172 91	16 4	37 20	43 34	247 85			1232 621
Jun11	143 51	129 48	99 52	83 52	5 1	106 54	66 29	4 3	12 5	181 75	26 12	48 29	48 35	237 90			1187 536
Jul11	147 50	118 46	105 47	64 39	11 6	176 99	68 22	4 0	21 12	157 63	26 8	44 22	45 27	276 80			1262 521
Aug11	147 59	161 75	120 75	83 64	9 5	149 93	75 32	5 0	11 6	211 109	48 10	42 18	40 35	305 113			1405 694
Sep11	173 65	186 72	80 46	80 68	8 5	134 88	91 41	5 3	14 11	180 90	35 10	37 22	36 30	230 74			1289 625
Oct11	152 58	160 71	102 53	87 60	13 4	155 97	89 39	3 3	23 19	161 74	63 23	44 25	43 31	277 69			1372 626
Nov11	185 62	132 57	63 25	44 34	5 3	142 81	73 38	8 6	14 8	164 77	20 6	39 22	37 27	265 83			1191 529
Dec11	153 9	138 30	115 24	72 7	9 1	122 29	72 20	0 0	23 5	174 18	29 6	39 7	43 10	317 20			1306 186
2011
Jan12	139 41	138 47	82 51	65 38	11 5	106 62	44 15	4 4	24 12	167 55	30 12	47 27	30 23	247 61			1134 453
Feb12

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.

Official tabulations, Jan. 2008 to Jul. 2009
Official tabulations, Aug. 2009 to Jul. 2010
Official tabulations, Oct. 2010 to Dec. 2011
Official tabulations, Oct. 2004 to Jan. 2012

[ ] indicates a footnote.
[1] Totals are as provided by the City.
[2] YTD = Year-to-date.
[3] Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.Not in operation due to construction.
[4] Jan. 2004 counts are incomplete.
[5] Enforcement on right and left turns has been indicated, when known. However, the absence of a "Rt" or "Left" indication does not necessarily mean that there is no enforcement on turns at that intersection.
[6] The compass direction of enforcement, and/or the movement ("thru," "right," "left") noted here may be incorrect.
[7] 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).
[8] Not in operation due to construction.
[9] All data has been received (see link to 2008 - 2009 official tabulations, above) but only a portion has been posted, due to time limitations.
[10] Data for this month was requested on 2-1-12.
[11] 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.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 2
Signal Timing Charts

From Oct. 14, 2004 to Nov. 13, 2004 I had the following statement posted here: "In Garden Grove, the yellows for left turns are set at the same length as the yellows for straight ahead movements." That statement, while technically correct, was misleading. A re-examination of the timing charts I received in mid-October shows that while at that time all "existing" left-yellows were 4.0 or 4.3, the same as the "existing" yellows for the straight-ahead movements, as of Jan. 1, 2004 all the left-yellows were 3.0 seconds. The ticket counts in the table above reveal a dramatic drop after May, so that probably is when the left-yellows were lengthened. If you are going to trial on a pre-June left-turn ticket, you should definitely ask the officer what the left-yellow was set at when you were ticketed, what it's set at now, and when it was changed. Since there's no clear law saying that left-yellows must be 4.0-seconds long, be prepared to talk to the judge and convince him that to be fair, he should let you go. See the second part of Defect # 2 on the Home page.
Also, the same re-examination of the timing charts revealed that the yellows for all through movements at Brookhurst / Chapman were increased, from 4.0 up to 4.3, sometime between Jan. 1 and Oct. 12. The 4.3-second setting is the minimum required in a 45-mph zone, which Brookhurst near Chapman is. If you are going to trial on a ticket where you were driving on Brookhurst at Chapman or Westminster (before making any turn), you should definitely ask the officer what the yellow was set at when you were ticketed, what it's set at now, and when it was changed. See Defect # 2 on the Home page.
I am now requesting timing charts that should reveal the date when the 4.0 to 4.3 change was made at Brookhurst / Chapman, and what the settings are and were at Brookhurst / Westminster.
To see all the timing charts I received, go to Timing Charts - Garden Grove Docs.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 3
Non-Compliant Signs Replaced

Until late Summer 2006, the warning signs at some Garden Grove intersections were much smaller than the required warning signs (see Defect # 4), didn't carry the required symbol or language, or were placed on the far side of the intersection instead of in advance.
Now the City has replaced them with the proper signs.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 4
Contract & Installation Dates

Exhibit D to the new contract signed in 2007 listed the installation dates of the cameras.

In Feb. 2012 the City agreed to a six-month extension, to Aug. 2012.

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the one listed above.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 5
"Late Time" Graphs

The City provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera, for all fourteen 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.

BRCH-01 Jan. 2008
BRCH-01 July 2009
BRCH-01 Oct. 2011

BROR-01 Jan. 2008
BROR-01 July 2009
BROR-01 Oct. 2011

BRWE-01 Jan. 2008
BRWE-01 July 2009
BRWE-01 Oct. 2011

BRWE-03 Jan. 2008
BRWE-03 July 2009
BRWE-03 Oct. 2011

CHBR-01 Jan. 2008
CHBR-01 July 2009
CHBR-01 Oct. 2011

HATR-01 Jan. 2008
HATR-01 July 2009
HATR-01 Oct. 2011

MATR-01 Jan. 2008
MATR-01 July 2009
MATR-01 Oct. 2011

TRBR-01 Jan. 2008
TRBR-01 July 2009
TRBR-01 Oct. 2011

TRBR-03 Jan. 2008
TRBR-03 July 2009
TRBR-03 Oct. 2011

TRHA-01 Jan. 2008
TRHA-01 July 2009
TRHA-01 Oct. 2011

TRMA-01 Jan. 2008
TRMA-01 July 2009
TRMA-01 Oct. 2011

VACH-01 Jan. 2008
VACH-01 July 2009
VACH-01 Oct. 2011

VACH-03 Jan. 2008
VACH-03 July 2009
VACH-03 Oct. 2011

VVLA-01 Jan. 2008
VVLA-01 July 2009
VVLA-01 Oct. 2011

Bar graphs are available for other cities, too - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 6
Info on GGPD Site

I was not able to find red light camera program info at the police department's website.

Garden Grove Docs Set # 7
More Coming

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

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