THE PHOENIX REVOLUTION

Due Process. When a police officer stops you and writes a ticket, he has to verify the person's identity and make sure he gets his paperwork right in order for the ticket to stand up in court. In addition, you're personally served the complaint by the police officer.With automated enforcement, cities and the state send you a copy of the ticket via mail, and according to their own laws such a mailing is not proper service. They instead hope you'll incriminate yourself by responding to the complaint.Lets be clear: unless you voluntarily waive your rights and respond to some random solicitation in the mail, the only form of proper service for a photo radar ticket is to be served by a licensed and bonded process server. In fact, the notices sent in the mail usually threaten you into compliance, saying that if you dont respond, you'll have to pay for your own service if they choose to hire a process server!