On January 31, Associate Policy Director Sarah Sample testified before the Judicial Proceedings Committee in support of SB 390 – Motor Vehicles Speed Monitoring Systems – Statements and Certifications for Violations.
This bill would allow county law enforcement agencies to add, as they see fit, a trained technician to the pool of employees who are able to sign the statement alleging a violation as evidenced by a speed monitoring system.
Civilian employees, with the necessary expertise to sign these statements, will leave more officers in the community at a time when all jurisdictions are experiencing precarious staffing shortfalls in public safety.
This bill gives law enforcement agencies the flexibility to have a sworn officer or a trained employee sign speed camera violation statements. This authority is already granted to local agencies when reviewing red light camera and school bus camera citations. In those circumstances, the ability to dedicate employees, sworn or otherwise, to tasks according to specific skill sets, time constraints, and need has improved efficiency.
SB 390’s cross-file, HB 343, was heard on February 21 in the House Environment and Transportation Committee. Sarah Sample testified in support of this bill.
SB 390 was heard in the opposite chamber, the Environment and Transportation Committee, on March 20. MACo submitted written testimony in support of this bill.
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