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City's lucrative speed camera program dogged by problems
The Baltimore SunThe tractor-trailer hit 70 mph as it passed the Poly-Western high school campus on Cold Spring Lane, barreling down a turn lane at twice the legal speed limit. Or so the $40 citation claimed. Just before Falls Road, a pole-mounted speed camera clocked the...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Justice System, AAA, University of Maryland, College Park, Local Government
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Mayor's task force recommends speed camera reforms
A task force studying Baltimore's troubled speed camera program will urge the city to increase oversight, change the way camera sites are selected and create a website containing maps and other information of interest to the public, according to draft...
Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, AAA, News Media, URS Corporation, Photography and Video
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Two Potential Victims of an Anchorage Priest Added to a Growing List
Channel 2 NewsNew allegations of misconduct against a former priest with the Archdiocese of Anchorage were made known Tuesday. The Archdiocese says Father J. Michael Hornick has faced three allegations of inappropriate physical relationships with adult women in the...Tags: Trials, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes
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New speed cameras won't eliminate errors, radar experts say
Baltimore transportation officials have set high expectations for the city's new speed cameras, telling state lawmakers the devices won't be susceptible to errors that plagued the system over the past three years. "We won't have this problem moving...
Tags: Justice System, Technology, Local Government, Howard County, Public Officials
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Legislators chastise city officials for speed camera problems
Members of Baltimore's legislative delegation in Annapolis chastised city transportation officials Friday for problems with the city's lucrative network of speed cameras. Del. Brian McHale called it "unjust" that the city won't try to identify, and...
Tags: Justice System, Local Government, Annapolis, Public Officials, Government
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Police to double number of officers reviewing speed camera tickets
Baltimore police officials said Thursday the department is doubling to 25 the number of officers available to review speed camera tickets — one of several moves intended to help prevent the issuance of erroneous citations, which has cast a cloud...
Tags: Public Officials, Government, Xerox Corporation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Counties skirt intent of state speed camera law
Federal Hill resident Sean O'Connor wants to fact-check the automated speed camera ticket that he got in Baltimore County. But he can't. "It is not precise enough," said O'Connor, 27, who got the ticket in September alleging he was traveling 47 mph on...
Tags: Local Government, Howard County, Martin O'Malley, Federal Hill, James Brochin
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City official says speed-camera radar 'not 100% accurate'
City officials said Friday that they no longer have complete confidence in the accuracy of their speed cameras' radar systems and have instituted a new "reasonableness" test on two cameras known to have issued erroneous tickets. "We now know we can't...
Tags: AAA, Public Officials, Government, Xerox Corporation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Baltimore-area speed cameras nail some drivers more than 100 times
Speed cameras have tagged Benjamin Parker's pickup truck 41 times in the Baltimore area over the past three years, records show — enough to have his license suspended 10 times over if those citations had been handed out by a police officer and not a...
Tags: Justice System, Windsor Mill, Judges, Druid Hill, Howard County
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Venice condos have juicy past -- and views
This contemporary condominium on the Venice boardwalk offers up-close ocean views through floor-to-ceiling glass walls and a rooftop deck that overlooks the beach.
The newly constructed condo, situated between a hotel and a gift shop, is one of the few...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Building Material, Venice, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Metal and Mineral
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Speed cameras are right most of the time, and for Baltimore that's good enough
In a recent story about new speed camera tests, Frank Murphy, Baltimore's deputy transportation director for operations, addressed the camera network's error rate by stating "I'm not really concerned what the error rate is, we just want to reduce it" ("... -
Light St. closure doesn't slow Orioles traffic but could in coming days
The closure of Light Street didn't heavily disrupt the flow of baseball fans to Camden Yards on Tuesday night for the Orioles' first home game since a burst water main shut the street section last week, fans and officials said. Whether that will remain...Tags: Pratt Street, Baltimore Orioles, Carroll County (Maryland), Baseball, Oakland Athletics
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