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How are these complaints verified and how does the city know multiple complaints are not being made with the same video? Is the fine per occurrence? How are vid
by mdmglr 5y ago
How are these complaints verified and how does the city know multiple complaints are not being made with the same video? Is the fine per occurrence? How are videos checked for evidence of editing?
- semiquaver 5y agoThe article says that there is a staff of 14 verifying the videos. The fines are levied through a judicial system similar to traffic tickets, so the check on these potential abuses is for the accused to offer evidence to the contrary. For example, if they were already fined for a violation occurring at a specific time that would be an excellent defense against a subsequent ticket.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y agoFourteen people . . . incredible. I reckon the program is paying for itself but it seems surprising that the flow of complaints is high enough to keep a team that large busy.
- brewdad 5y agoThis is New York City, not Kansas City. I'm sure there are more than enough complaints.
- jaclaz 5y agoHow much time does it take to check the video/produce the related paperwork? 14 people normal hours/normal weekdays are roughly 14*1800=25,200 hours/year. The complaints, according to the article, are 12,000 per year. That makes it roughly 2 hours/complaint. At first sight it doesn't sound like the clerks are overworked.