Jersey Village Police Department

I have no respect for the Jersey Village Police Department, as it is clear that those who work there have no respect for the citizens of Texas. In August of 2012, I was returning to Austin from a visit to my brother at the MD Anderson Clinic in Houston. With a lot on my mind, I was not paying enough attention on the unfamiliar roads and inadvertently ran a red light — though I did not even realize that I had done so at the time. Soon after, I received a notice of violation with a picture that clearly was me/​my car, and so I dutifully sent in a check for $ 75 on 9÷7÷12 (for a due date of 9÷10÷12). A couple of weeks later, I was surprised to receive a second notice with an added $ 25 «late fee» attached. On checking my bank account online, I saw that my check had been cashed and, coming to the conclusion that that this notice must have been sent out by mistake, I tossed it out. Since I never received another notice from the JVPD, I figured everything was copacetic. However, when I went to renew my car tags, the Travis County official mentioned that I still had the ticket charge on my record. I eventually went online to «vio​la​tion​info​.com», the JVPD red light website, and found that the $ 25 «late fee» was still there. At that point, I sent the department an email asking them to remove this erroneous charge, but I never received a response from anyone. A couple weeks later, I followed up again, this time by calling the number listed (866−790−4111), at which point «Sarah» told me that there was «nothing she could do»; however, she gave me the number to «Officer Koch», who allegedly could assist me (713−466−2156). I called him and explained what had occurred, in detail, only to hear once again that there was «nothing he could do», since I had clearly sent the check late, and even if I didn’t, he had no control over the post office. I responded that I had no control over the post office either, and that I would never pay this fee because I DID NOT OWE IT. His response was, «I don’t care if you pay it; you can just be a scofflaw». So, this «officer» implied that I was a liar and stated outright that I was a deadbeat. Equally bad, he was totally unwilling to listen to the truth of the matter, recognize that something out of both of our hands had occurred, and amend the bill as any normal, decent human being would have done. Jersey Village is truly a disgrace to all those police departments that actually care about, protect, and serve its citizens.

When you get to this intersection chances are you missed the barely noticeable «NO Right Turn On Red» sign. It isn’t a busy intersection, and even if you don’t go at a busy time of the day you will get a ticket if you turn right. This law was more than likely created for busy intersections that had many problem. Even then this law should only be utilized during busy times of the day. Any other reason to leave this sign up is just a waste of the motorist time.
To top it all off the business that collects this money is out of Tempe Arizona. We are paying another state to give us nonsense traffic violations. The kicker is that the ticket doesn’t even go on your driving record.
They reasons lead me to believe that this red light camera has nothing to do with our safety but is merely there to create revenue from tax paying citizens.
I’m not even going to mention that when you do go pay the $ 75 ticket like a good American, they take a $ 4 ‘convenience fee like they haven’t screw you enough already.
This is out of control and I wish people would speak out against it.