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City of Long Beach Documents (Program Closed)
(and Information)

Long Beach, pop. 442,000, is 16 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Is Your Ticket Really from the City of Long Beach Camera Program?

If "your" intersection is in or near the City of Long Beach and near a Metro/MTA rail line
or busway, and your ticket was issued/signed by the LA County Sheriff,
your ticket came from a camera operated by the Metro/MTA,
which has its own section on the Camera Towns page.

It may be possible to completely ignore a Long Beach ticket.
1. If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake ticket, which I call a "Snitch Ticket." For more details about Snitch Tickets, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page.
2. The LA County Superior Court does not report ignored tickets to the DMV. More info is in "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 2 on the LA County Documents page.

Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded (in red type), Citations Issued, Affidavits Approved [4]

New 10-6-04, updated 10-15-10

[6]	Bell- flower NB@ Willow	Bell- flower NB@ Willow Lefts	Bell- flower SB@ Willow	Willow EB@ Bell- flower	Willow WB@ Bell- flower	Art- esia EB@ Cherry	Art- esia EB@ Cherry Lefts	Art- esia WB@ Cherry	Cherry NB@ Art- esia	Cherry SB@ Art- esia	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim Rights	Long Beach SB@ Ana- heim	Long Beach SB@ Ana- heim Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low Rights	Long Beach SB@ Ward- low	Long Beach SB@ Ward- low Lefts	7th EB@ Red- ondo	7th WB@ Red- ondo	Red- ondo NB@ 7th	Red- ondo SB@ 7th	Total Cita- tions Issued as % of Events Re- corded	Total Viola- tions Record- ed/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
2001- 2002: 13 months [7]	1485 237		1632 306	498 47	241 23	1107 91		342 36	1151 162	570 107											1585 252	1855 341	1986 308	1845 420	16%	14297 2330
2003	3944 196	1024 486	651 126	288 33	161 26	1221 182		510 83	1109 135	740 112	869 216			1273 283		862 192			1407 377		1698 275	1941 383	1433 272	2937 510	18%	21968 3887
Jan04	2	60	3	0	0	15		3	7	10	32			62		8			27		11	17	22	56		1624 335
Feb04	4	44	8	0	0	15		9	8	4	34			47		14			19		13	18	21	48		1761 306
Mar04	8	55	4	0	0	11		4	15	9	40			59		10			30		13	21	28	44		2249 351
Apr04	4	7	3	0	2	11		4	5	9	19			53		14			10		15	19	11	37		1691 223
May04	8	20	14	1	1	15		0	12	5	32			93		14			29		6	17	26	25		1825 318
Jun04	11	32	3	0	2	12		0	7	4	37			92		11			18		9	9	10	25		1567 282
Jul04	7	10	6	1	0	15		1	10	5	39			96		16			21		16	17	13	28		1674 301
Aug04	1	2	1	0	0	4		1	2	2	17			28		3			12		1	4	6	13		455 97
2004: 7 months [8]	390 45	1243 230	290 42	141 3	107 5	884 97		268 22	630 66	459 48	969 250			1720 530		508 91			642 166		835 84	1161 122	882 137	1717 237		12846 2215
2001- 2004: 32 months [9]	5819 478	2267 716	2573 474	927 83	509 54	3212 371		1120 141	2790 363	1769 267	1838 466			2993 814		1370 283			2049 544		4118 611	4957 846	4301 717	6499 1207		49111 8435
Jan05	31 3 (0)	75 17 (9)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	84 18 (3)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	106 41 (17)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	110 39 (5)	0 0 (0)	45 7 (2)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	72 25 (3)	0 0 (0)	99 32 (6)	131 21 (5)	100 30 (2)	184 45 (13)		1037 278 (65)
Jul05	[5]																									1060 259 (57)
2005
Jan06	[5]																									1140 301 (60)
Jul06	41 8 (3)	202 80 (11)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	50 11 (2)	331 51 (8)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	70 21 (5)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	86 29 (3)	0 0 (0)	32 10 (1)	2 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	39 12 (1)	0 0 (0)	85 13 (3)	83 6 (1)	39 5 (2)	68 12 (1)		1128 258 (41)
2006
[6] [10]	Bell- flower NB@ Willow	Bell- flower NB@ Willow Lefts	Bell- flower SB@ Willow	Willow EB@ Bell- flower	Willow WB@ Bell- flower	Art- esia EB@ Cherry	Art- esia EB@ Cherry Lefts	Art- esia WB@ Cherry	Cherry NB@ Art- esia	Cherry SB@ Art- esia	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ana- heim Rights	Long Beach SB@ Ana- heim	Long Beach SB@ Ana- heim Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low Lefts	Long Beach NB@ Ward- low Rights	Long Beach SB@ Ward- low	Long Beach SB@ Ward- low Lefts	7th EB@ Red- ondo	7th WB@ Red- ondo	Red- ondo NB@ 7th	Red- ondo SB@ 7th	Total Cita- tions Issued as % of Events Re- corded	Total Viola- tions Record- ed/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
Jan07	[5]																									1127 304 (44)
Jul07	60 23 (2)	176 76 (18)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	55 16 (1)	502 196 (34)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	161 46 (8)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	182 59 (11)	0 0 (0)	42 9 (4)	4 1 (0)	0 0 (0)	67 23 (5)	0 0 (0)	137 17 (2)	141 23 (10)	93 16 (4)	152 20 (0)		1772 525 (99)
2007
Jan08	[5]																									830 264 (44)
Jul08	27 12 (1)	21 8 (1)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	35 4 (1)	426 132 (27)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	86 17 (5)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	140 56 (11)	0 0 (0)	42 16 (0)	3 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	76 29 (5)	0 0 (0)	76 30 (4)	46 25 (9)	62 18 (3)	53 21 (1)		1093 368 (68)
2008
Jan09	[5]																									757 306 (75)
Jul09	29 9 (3)	17 9 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	37 17 (2)	356 132 (22)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	115 41 (9)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	145 70 (19)	1 0 (0)	44 17 (3)	3 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	81 33 (11)	0 0 (0)	97 42 (5)	105 58 (19)	32 9 (3)	107 56 (13)		1169 493 (109)
2009
Jan10	[5]																									720 312 (66)
Jul10	26 18 (1)	49 36 (6)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	36 17 (2)	370 162 (28)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	67 31 (3)	0 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	101 57 (9)	0 0 (0)	49 33 (6)	1 0 (0)	0 0 (0)	35 23 (3)	0 0 (0)	74 34 (7)	154 69 (10)	46 16 (3)	37 16 (3)		1045 512 (81)
Aug10
Sep10
Oct10
Nov10
Dec10
2010
Jan11
Feb11
Mar11
Apr11
May11
Jun11
Jul11
Aug11
Sep11
Oct11
Nov11
Dec11
2011

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

Source data: The official tabulations for 2005-2010 six-month intervals are available at the link given in Set # 3, below.

The Long Beach cameras are operated by ATS, using Nestor software.

[ ] 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
Nestor calls Violations Recorded, 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 Nestor calls Citations Issued, and may be 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).
Any figures in blue type (and in parentheses) are what Nestor calls Affidavits Approved, which is believed to be
the number of real tickets and any Nominations (Snitch Tickets) where the initial recipient provided the identity of another driver.
[5] Intersection-by-intersection data for these months has been received but has not yet been posted to the table above, due to time limitations. It is available at the link in Set # 3, below.
[6] The info about the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, and right or left) was provided by the City.
[7] These figures cover 13 months, Nov. 26, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2002.
[8] These figures cover 7 months, Jan. 1 to Aug. 9, 2004.
[9] Grand total figures for the 32-1/2 months Nov. 26, 2001 to Aug. 9, 2004 (the span of the City's original contract with Nestor).
[10] 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.

9. Termination
D. City may elect to terminate the Agreement if the parties at any time fail to mutually agree on a monthly payment to be made by the City to NTS pursuant to Section 1.E because, based upon revenue and cost projections associated with the services provided hereunder and calculated by City in its sole discretion, City determines that the payment terms offered by NTS will result in a net operating loss to City.

A Jul. 13, 2011 Press Telegram article indicated that the program closed in December, when the contract expired. The P-T quoted Erik Sund, business relations manager and purchasing agent for the City, as saying:

"We've been working with the Police Department and looking at accident statistics and other data related to red-light cameras," he said. "It can be a sensitive issue to the public, so we're doing our homework."

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

Long Beach Docs Set # 3
"Late Time" Tables

The City provided tables of Late Times, etcetera, for all of its cameras.
These tables track violations recorded, and in parentheses, tickets issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time violations, it is believed to indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.

The picture above is an example of a portion of the table.

Six-month Intervals, 2005 - 2010 (big file)

Late Time info is available for more than fifty other cities - see the list of cities in the expanded version of Defect # 9.