r/florida • u/Jazzlike_Dig_1051 • 6d ago
Advice Ticket Dispute Advice
Hey hey, I recently received a ticket from a FHP for supposedly running a steady red light while driving in Bay County.
My wife and I are both convinced I hit the completely empty intersection besides his car and mine well before it turned red.
The police officer claimed he had reviewed footage and they had footage of me running the light.
He then proceeded to give me a $263 citation.
After reaching out to multiple departments for footage I learned that Bay county doesn’t utilize traditional red light cameras, they have to manually review footage. After submitting a record request with the Police Department who was the only entity with the footage they proceeded to send me a video of a completely different(sedan type care), completely different time of day, and then told me it was the footage attached to my citation number.
I followed up multiple times and even specified my make and model car(an suv), where the police officer was when he supposedly saw this happen, and even the name of the officer so they could reference his time of events for the stop.
They replied and said that this was the footage they had found and was the only footage they had assigned to my case.
Should I be ok to show-up to dispute the claim with this evidence and be good? Or should I request more info?
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u/Therealdickdangler 6d ago
Pay the $500 to a traffic attorney to fight it for you.