I recently got photographed by a red light camera on Coursey Boulevard and paid $117 to Violationinfo.com or Verra Mobility, a corporate outfit headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. I scheduled a hearing to contest the violation at Baton Rouge City Hall, but I backed out since I did not want to use leave time from work. Some thoughts have come to mind after my experience, such as: Is it even legal that a for-profit entity is running this camera program instead of a human traffic cop who would have issued violations in the past?
I request that Mr. Greg Rome of the East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney’s office and the Baton Rouge City Hall refund me the $117 I paid to Verra Mobility of Arizona. Why? Because I believe this program has so many issues that make it illegitimate.
First, there are no night court options so that day shift working people can contest a supposed violation at a hearing without missing work…