Corey Fleetwood, 35, is an employee of Australia-based Redflex Traffic Systems. On the evening of October 3, Fleetwood set up an automated speed trap on Priest Drive just south of 14th Place in Tempe, AZ. At around 11pm, D.T. Arneson, owner of the camerafraud.com website, noticed the Redflex camera van was parked in front of a fire hydrant. He decided to protest by holding a “SCAMERA” sign in front of the van. The six-foot-five, 265 pound operator rushed out of the van, yanked the sign out of Arneson’s hands and threw it to the ground. Arneson called police to the scene, insisting that Fleetwood be charged. According to Arizona court records, Fleetwood faced serious charges in the past. Less than two months earlier, Fleetwood received his own speeding citation. When he failed to pay, the court suspended his license. In a 2007 incident, Fleetwood was accused of “touching with intent to injure.” In September, another Redflex operator was accused of nearly running motorists off the road with a speed camera van. He was charged with driving the photo radar vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
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Redflex camera van was parked in front of a fire hydrant.
Isn’t that illegal.
“touching with intent to injure.”
Isn’t that called assault, are they trying to make it sound like less.
As much as I hate speed cameras why on earth are local governments outsourcing this service? Is there no company in the US that can do this. Why do we have to send the profits to Australia and bring Australian pricks here to do the ticketing?
Very “democratic” and “civil”… nice…
Good thing the police OWNED him.
How come an employee has the “right” to turn down a protest THAT way.
Down the BB.
I’m just imagining Olivia Newton John and Crocodile Dundee handing out CD’s, BBQ shrimp and speeding tickets……
It would be considered assualt because he grabbed the sign that Arneson was holding at the time. Assault in the US is defined as non-consentual touching of a person, which is further defined as the person or anything the person is wearing or holding. Incidental contact, such as accidently bumping into someone in a crowded room, will be thrown out of court. Aggressive, intentional, behavior like that described here would be considered assault……my law class is finally coming in handy:-)
Maybe RedFlex needs to take pictures and investigate potential employees. Karma’s a bitch.
What I don’t understand is why don’t the police use these protesters to their advantage?
Stick signs all over town at major intersections that look ‘3rd party’ and post “warning ticketing police camera ahead!”
This may not bring additional ticketing revenue, but might actually get people to not speed. That is the stated goal, right?
Robstar:
What I don’t understand is why don’t the police use these protesters to their advantage?
Stick signs all over town at major intersections that look ‘3rd party’ and post “warning ticketing police camera ahead!”
This may not bring additional ticketing revenue, but might actually get people to not speed. That is the stated goal, right?
If the behavior of the Aussie cops in regards to speed cameras is an indication, then the answer is no. I’ve written about this before.
In Perth (Western Australia), a guy stood on the side of the road with up a sign “Supernova Ahead” (Supernovas are what the Aussies call speed cameras) in order to warn motorist about a hidden camera ahead. The whole friggen police dept was on him in minutes. They arrested him and threw the book at him. They tried to charge him with criminal “obstructing traffic” by claiming he was on the road (he wasn’t).
What was amazing was how fast and how many cops showed up to protect their little cash machine. If you were getting raped or robbed the cops would not show up that fast.
Two months later, the local newspaper was going on about how great this little boy was who stood in front of house house with the SAME SIGN in order to get drivers to slow down. Except in his case there was no camera. No cops showed up and charged him with obstructing traffic. Instead he was praised by the newspaper for being creative.
Of all the ways that a person can go in to a business and make a living… this is down there with the porn industry.
This is way dirtier than porn, even my pointy haired boss wouldn’t approve of something like this (well, he would, but metaphorically speaking…)
The cameras in Tempe and in Phoenix in general are getting out of control. I pass by 10 of them in 5 miles on my way to work every day. My roommate got flashed by one when I was in the car.. speedo said we were going 38 in a 35 zone, photo ticket in the mail says 49… ??????
the ticket was a real police ticket too, not one that can be swept under the rug. Court date and everything.
Here’s a current (as of this week) list of cams for anyone in phx:
Interstate 10——————-
**Eastbound, I-10, 287th Ave.
**Eastbound, I-10, Miller
**Eastbound, I-10, Watson
Westbound, I-10, 91st Ave
East & West, I-10, 75th Ave
East & West, I-10, 59th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 35th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 43rd Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 27th Ave
East & West, I-10, 15th Ave
Eastbound, I-10, 16th Street
Westbound, I-10, Buckeye
Westbound, I-10, 24th Street
Westbound, I-10, 40th Street
US 60—————————
Westbound, US-60, Alma School
Westbound, US-60, Mesa Drive
Westbound, US-60, Gilbert Road
Interstate – 17——————
Southbound, I-17, 15th Ave
Southbound, I-17, 12th Street
Northbound, I-17, Thunderbird
Northbound, I-17, Bell Road
State Route – 51——————
Southbound, SR-51, Thomas Road
Southbound, SR-51, Highland Pkwy.
Southbound, SR-51, Bethany Home Rd.
State Route – 101———————–
**Southbound, SR-101, McDowell Rd
**Southbound, SR-101, Indian School
**Southbound, SR-101, Bethany Home
North & South, SR-101, Glendale Ave.
Southbound, SR-101, Olive
** Eastbound, SR-101, 75th Ave
** Eastbound, SR-101, 59th Ave
** Eastbound, SR-101, 35th Ave
**Starred camera locations will be set up and taking pictures starting between October 17th and 22nd
A big guy named Fleetwood who works for Big Brother scored himself a Citation?
Pwnage aside, the unintended GM undertones in this article are hilarious.
OK hobby electricians! Your mission is to develop plans for a machine from readily available parts to electronically destroy these speed cameras! It should be effective, legal (currently), in no way harmful to living things, just electronics. Maybe some high voltage capacitors from a TV or microwave, coil to step up from 12 volts, high power sine wave generator (probably the hardest part), output coil and a metal tube to direct the “blast.” 50,000 watts for one second should be sufficient to destroy any integrated circuit from 50 feet away (guessing). Aim carefully (with your laser sight)!!!
Hey if you’ve already got a high power HAM or FM transmitter, make a directional antenna and blast away!
SteveK, I believe in England some scofflaws take an old tire, throw it onto the camera (hanging around it) and dump some gas in it and light it…
Steve_K> From what I see here, McGyver is not home right now, please leave a message :)
Someone should have told the blog owner that if he goes out in the real world and gets in someones face he may get his ass kicked. (unlike when he hides behind his keyboard)
Juniper:
Sure, what a outrage ! Standing with a protest sign in America !
Unbelievable, apart from that little bit about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, including the First Amendment thereof.
By the way, what do you actually do at CITGO ?
Calm down Powerglide
I didn’t say what happened was right or wrong I didn’t say it was legal or illegal. Also we don’t know what the supposed “innocent” protester was actually doing. The impression is he was quietly standing there. Or was he more aggravated? If someone were standing directly in front of your vehicle blocking your exit waving a sign and yelling at you, What would you do?Is that OK under the first amendment. We don’t know what really happened.
Thats all, I just thought I would bring up that people should be careful out there on the street.
I don’t work for any oil company, and what the hell does that have to do with this anyway? Oh, and this is America and I think people who work for oil companies have rights too. I don’t think they should be stereotyped either.
Kansei, thanks for the camera location info. Does wherever you get that information also list cameras on surface streets?