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Los Alamitos Documents

Some of Los Alamitos' tickets can possibly 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 Snitch 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.



Los Alamitos Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New 1-4-12

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KAAL-01 KAAL-03 KABL-01








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[3]

Total
Citations
Issued
as %
of Events
Re-
corded
Total
Violations
Recorded/

Notices
Printed
[1] [4]

Aug05
0
0
0
0
0
0






0
0

Sep05
267
103
321
235
258
168






846
506

Oct05
278
143
407
267
348
230






1033
640

Nov05
190
134
208
112
303
184






701
430

Dec05
264
216
150
94
276
183






690
493













Jan06
227
190
294
209
197
154






718
553

Feb06











Mar06











Apr06











May06











Jun06











Jul06
296
97
229
85
224
108






749
290

Aug06











Sep06











Oct06











Nov06











Dec06























Jan07
192
144
171
98
202
161






565
403

Feb07











Mar07











Apr07











May07











Jun07











Jul07
163
77
182
104
203
150






548
331

Aug07











Sep07











Oct07











Nov07











Dec07























Jan08
197
123
143
83
164
136






504
342

Feb08











Mar08











Apr08











May08











Jun08











Jul08
160
88
104
35
110
70






374
193

Aug08











Sep08











Oct08











Nov08











Dec08























Jan09
141
109
85
49
102
71






328
229

Feb09











Mar09











Apr09











May09











Jun09











Jul09
164
76
85
33
97
67






346
176

Aug09











Sep09











Oct09











Nov09











Dec09























Jan10
138
109
78
51
92
74






308
234

Feb10











Mar10











Apr10











May10











Jun10











Jul10
182
125
87
40
74
47






343
212

Aug10











Sep10











Oct10











Nov10











Dec10























Jan11
101
73
89
55
114
88






304
216

Feb11
112
71
70
38
120
97






302
206

Mar11
171
109
63
28
113
52






347
189

Apr11
137
86
69
36
75
52






281
174

May11
167
109
70
42
90
66






327
217

Jun11
207
135
105
49
129
99






441
283

Jul11
172
95
103
41
130
96






405
232

Aug11
193
109
88
44
124
89






405
242

Sep11
228
163
110
44
142
106






480
313

Oct11
238
174
102
52
160
129






500
355

Nov11
200
166
89
55
128
79






417
300

Dec11
185
149
94
60
151
115






430
324













Cam # 
[8]
KAAL-01 KAAL-03 KABL-01







This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act.

Official reports, 2005 - 2011
More official reports, 2005 - 2011

[  ] 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]  Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated.  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 was requested on ----- but has not yet been received.
[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 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.



Los Alamitos Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City has been asked for bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera, for all of its 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.)

Grand Terrace late times bar chart
The picture above is an example from another city.

Los Alamitos bar graphs coming soon!

Bar graphs are available for more than forty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.




Los Alamitos Docs Set # 3
The Contract, Etc.

In July 2005 the City signed a contract with RedFlex. 
The original contract included an illegal "cost neutrality" clause (see Defect # 10 - B), whereby the city did not have to pay RedFlex the full rent if fines were insufficient to cover the cost.  On Nov. 4, 2007 the Orange County Register published an article which revealed that in January 2007 an Orange County Superior Court Commissioner dismissed a Los Alamitos ticket and "...issued an opinion opposing the agreements (the contract)."  After that court decision, the city revised its contract, eliminating cost neutrality but adding a clause allowing delayed payment for 90 days after new camera installations:

"Customer may pay, in arrears, the Fixed Fee for the first ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Warning Period to allow for collection by Customer of sufficient fines to pay the Fixed Fee."

2010 Contract

The city council approved a new contract with RedFlex in September 2010. 

The 2010 contract does not include a "cost neutrality" clause.

The contract also says:  
Definitions.  1.34  "Warning Period" means a period after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach, wherein only warning notices shall be issued, commencing within 3 days after the system has been installed.  (Emphasis added.)  See Defect # 6.


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.




Los Alamitos Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website

There is a little program info on the police department's website.
The links to it are in the upper right hand corner of the
Traffic Bureau page.





Los Alamitos Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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



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