Town Accused Of Being Speed Trap Can`t Write More Tickets
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A Desha County judge says Reed`s police force
cannot write speeding tickets, at least for now.
Police Chief Charles Atkins had asked for permission to resume
writing tickets on U-S 65 after the county prosecutor told him to
quit, saying Atkins was violating a speed trap law.
Circuit Judge Jerry Mazzanti ruled that Atkins` petition does
NOT make the case that the ban on writing tickets causes harm.
Prosecutor Thomas Deen told Atkins to quit writing tickets last
month, arguing that Reed collects more money than allowed from
traffic citations.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
