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9/26/2006
California: Police Car Booting Extortion Scheme FoiledFormer reserve cop pleads guilty to forgery in scheme that made thousands from booting cars.
Brian Hanhart pleaded no contest on September 11 to forgery after being accused of running an extortion scheme while serving as a reserve sheriff's deputy in Marina del Rey, California. Hanhart runs Municipal Parking Services, a company that placed boots on vehicles parked in private lots in Lawndale and El Camino Village in 2004. Hanhart sought payment of $80-100 for the release of each car.
An August 2004 opinion by the state attorney general made it clear that police officers may only boo ...
9/25/2006
Minnesota: Appeals Court Rules Against CamerasFull text of the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision striking down the Minneapolis red light camera program as illegal.
9/25/2006
UK: Watchdog Slams Dishonest Government Traffic StatsThe UK Statistics Commission questions the reliability of Department for Transport numbers regarding speed camera effectiveness.
9/24/2006
UK: Bedfordshire Speed Camera FlattenedA speed camera in Bedfordshire, UK is disabled after its pole is knocked over.
9/23/2006
UK: Parking Tickets are Bad for TourismUK county tourism official suggests government may be losing more money in tourism as it generates with parking tickets.
