text: MESA AZ PHOTO RADAR TICKETS EXPOSED AS FRAUDnnIllegal police speed traps are nothing new but the increasingly low levels to which governments will stoop to trick their constituents into believing speed traps are foolproof know no limits at least in gunslinging triggerhappy Arizona nnThe Mesa Police Department has installed several photo enforcement cameras in anonymous locations often near school zonesnnOne trap at Skyline High School on Crismon Street between Southern and Broadway consists of a pole with two signs mounted vertically SPEED LIMIT WHEN LIGHTS ARE FLASHING and SPEED LIMIT OTHER TIMES The problem is the lights do not flash ever making the posted speed limit on this otherwise lane highspeed highway that runs unfenced within feet of the school campus nnOne citation sent to a local resident driving a Chevrolet Suburban in February indicated her speed was approximately mph She was charged with speed not reasonable and prudent The ticket was allegedly signed by someone named Joseph Bonacci whose badge ID coincidentally end with under the guise of reasonable grounds to believe a violation had been committednnFor those who cannot see it photo radar is a ticking time bomb left in the terminal at the Airport of Due Process nnFirst approximately mph is not a legal standard of measure and therefore not evidence The operative word here approximately is vague and ambiguous Approximately mph could be mph or mph or any other speed close to mph which absent the flashing lights can not amount to conclusive proof of a violation of the de facto mph limitnnSecond speed not reasonable and prudent is an opinion open to broad interpretation and not an exact measure what is reasonable and prudent under one set of conditions may not be reasonable and prudent under another nnThird the statement reasonable grounds to believe clearly evades the mandatory language violation committed in my presence the required wording under which all law enforcement personnel issue traffic citations If it did not happen in an officers presence it is hearsay which is inadmissiblennAnother complaint last December charged a retired doctor driving a lightcolored Nissan with the same speed not reasonable and prudent The same fake witnessing officer alleged the crime took place on Southern between Franklin and Brimhall in the city of MesannIn researching this story we went in search of these locations to verify photograph and document them nnIn the instance by Skyline High School we maintained a daylong vigil on a typical Tuesday with classes in session monitoring the lights from AM to PM and found none flashing A random check of neighbors whose homes are within the proximity of the light poles produced no one who ever recalls seeing the lights flashnnIn the second instance we drove the length of Southern Avenue in the city of Mesa eastbound and westbound and found no streets named Franklin or Brimhall We interviewed a local Code Enforcement officer familiar with the area but she never heard of any streets named Franklin or Brimhall intersecting Southern Avenue Finally in desperation we even went to the Mesa Post Office and SURPRISE they had no record of any such streets intersecting with Southern Avenue eithernnAll speed control enforcement equipment is mandated by law to be regularly recalibrated to ensure it is operating accurately In most instances this must be done after EACH use Because of the cost few law enforcement agencies bother Any member of the public has the right to see the latest recalibration documents for any given speed control enforcement device If the device has not been recalibrated its accuracy cannot be relied upon and any violation must be dismissed for lack of evidence nnEPILOGnnAn increasingly corrupt government from local politicians to coinoperated Congress and the military is becoming Americas most vocal complaint about overreaching government abuse of citizens constitutional rightsnnMeanwhile the credibility of Mesas police department and city officials continues its southbound flush down the toilet of no return their website claims to provide helpful links indicating redlight and speed enforcement locations and schedule However these links have been disabled and no information is provided amounting to one more false promise nnIf you should receive a cameragenerated traffic ticket always assert your th Amendment Constitutional rightsn nAnd if you think you will just plead guilty pay the fine and everyone will go home happy think again you will have a chargeable traffic conviction on your record and your insurance premiums will quickly head north with all due dispatch nnAnd for fines ranging from to for each alleged offense it is NOT worth it