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[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I'M NOW CALLING THE MEETING OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MASTER TO ORDER.

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SPECIAL MASTER ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

NO, NOT READY YET. SORRY. NOT CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT THE SCHOOL ZONE.

SCHOOL ZONE? GOT IT. OKAY. CITY OF POMPEII. SCHOOL ZONE AND SPECIAL MASTER ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR SPEED ZONE ENFORCEMENT.

WHEN ADDRESSING MASTER ME, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND SPEAK CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK EVERYBODY TO SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.

MY NAME IS JASON GORDON. I'M GOING TO BE THE SPECIAL MASTER.

I'VE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO HEAR THESE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

THE PROCESS GOES AS FOLLOWS. YOU. YOU'RE PROBABLY SWORN IN ON THE WAY IN, OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE SWORN IN.

THE CASE WILL BE ANNOUNCED. YOU MOVE FORWARD TO THE PODIUM.

THE CITY WILL PRESENT ITS CASE WITH ALL EVIDENCE AND AND THE BURDEN OF PROOF OF THE VIOLATION.

YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUT THAT CASE. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THE EVIDENCE AND EXPLAIN WHAT YOU BELIEVE OCCURRED.

I MAY ASK QUESTIONS OR HEAR TESTIMONY FROM OTHER WITNESSES IF NECESSARY.

AFTER AFTER ALL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED, I WILL PRESENT A DECISION FOR THE HEARING.

AND THEN THAT WILL CLOSE THAT THAT THAT PART OF THE HEARING, THAT CASE THERE ARE THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES ARE AS FOLLOWS.

IF A VIOLATION IS UPHELD, THE MANDATORY STATUTORY PENALTY OF $100 FOR THE VIOLATION PLUS ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FEES OF $75 WOULD BE IMPOSED PER FLORIDA LAW. THE VIOLATION WILL NOT RESULT IN POINTS BEING ASSESSED AGAINST YOUR LICENSE OR AFFECT YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE RATES, OR SHOULD NOT AFFECT YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE RATES. YOU WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL.

YOU WOULD HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MY ORDER TO APPEAL MY DECISION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.

ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL THE DECISION WILL NEED A RECORD OF THESE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED? IF A VIOLATION IS DISMISSED, YOU WILL HAVE NO FURTHER OBLIGATIONS AT THIS MATTER.

YOU LEAVE AND IT'S DONE. YOU WILL HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE WRITTEN ORDER TO APPEAL MY DECISION TO THE CIRCUIT COURT.

ANYONE WHO PLANS TO APPEAL WILL NEED, AS I SAID, A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.

THESE RULES AND PROCEDURES ARE OUTLINED IN FLORIDA STATUTE 316.1896 AND THE PALM BAY ORDINANCES.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE FIRST CASE. OUR FIRST CASE IS FOR JOSEPH KOZLOWSKI.

[HEARINGS (Part 1 of 2)]

HIS CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED. THE SECOND CASE FOR YOLANDA DAVID OR DIAZ HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

OUR FIRST CASE IS CITATION 2030 8000 4392 4947 FOR KAREN MARTIN.

MISS MARTIN. COME ON. FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

SHE ALSO HAS CASE 203080004400937. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ONE. SO ARE YOU READY? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

YES, MY NAME IS KAREN MARTIN. MY ADDRESS IS 1121 PINEAPPLE AVENUE, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.

32905. I NEED TO SWEAR HER IN, THOUGH. THANK YOU.

DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING? I HAVE SOME THINGS I WANT TO SAY.

EXCUSE ME. I TALKED TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. I JUST NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN.

SO CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU.

OKAY. CITY READY TO PRESENT THE CASE. OKAY.

NUMBER ONE. NO, NO, WAIT WAIT, WAIT. THE CITY HAS TO PRESENT THE CASE AGAINST YOU FIRST.

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO COURT, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.

WHICH THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS ENDS WITH FOUR, NINE, FOUR, SEVEN.

THIS ONE ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW.

49474947. CORRECT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO DISMISS THAT ONE.

IT'S A TO DUPLICATE 4947. YOUR HONOR IS A DUPLICATE, SO THIS ONE WILL BE CAN BE DISMISSED WITH.

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THE OTHER TWO ARE STILL ACTIVE. SO. OKAY. CASE NUMBER 2030 8000 1392 4947. YES. IT'S A DUPLICATE. OKAY.

I THINK HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO ALL THREE OF THEM.

ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE NEXT ONE IS 2030 8000 4400 9337.

OKAY. STATE MY NAME AGAIN. OKAY.

YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY. I HAVE THE CASE UP NOW. CITY READY? PRESENT.

YES, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. DID YOU. DID YOU SWEAR? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. OKAY. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COURT, LIEUTENANT VIRGINIA KILMER. AND HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS CASE? YES, I HAVE. OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME DO YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE YOU COULD TALK INTO? I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. I GOT IT NOW. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE DATE AND TIME OF THIS VIOLATION? FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025 AT 9:30 A.M.. OKAY. AND IS THAT DURING SCHOOL HOURS HERE IN PALM BAY? THAT THAT IS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED IN THAT AREA? 30MPH. OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THE SPEED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S CAR WAS GOING WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN? 42MPH. OKAY. AND THE SPEED CAMERA IN WHICH WAS USED TO CAPTURE THIS.

HAS IT BEEN PROPERLY CALIBRATED? YES. YOU COULD TELL HERE THAT IT WAS CALIBRATED ON FEBRUARY 25TH OF 2025.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. FOR THE TIME BEING, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.

SUBJECT TO RECALL. YOUR TURN. MISS MARTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT UP A DEFENSE? YES. NUMBER ONE. I'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER ON PINEAPPLE AVENUE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

AND I'VE NEVER BEEN, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGED WITH SPEEDING.

AND PARTICULARLY WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON AND IT'S A SCHOOL TERM TIME THAT IS INDICATED.

I DO NOT SPEED. AND AND IF IF FOR SOME REASON THIS CAUGHT ME SPEEDING I YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. SO I AGAIN SAY THAT I LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN STANDING I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A NEW AREA TO ME. I'M A RETIRED MILITARY VETERAN, DISABLED VETERAN, AND I DO ABIDE BY THE LAW AND THE THINGS THAT'S BEFORE ME. SO I, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T ARBITRARILY JUST BREAK THE LAW FOR THIS, PARTICULARLY IN THE SCHOOL ZONE WHERE THERE'S KIDS.

SO I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE YEARS.

SO I BASICALLY THIS IS THE TIME THAT I WOULD BE GOING TO THERAPY.

I'M IN THERAPY. AND I JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN A DAY THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING TO THAT.

AND I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND. SO I'M UNDER A LOT OF STRESS RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS COULD HAVE AGAIN, I WASN'T LOOKING AT MY SPEEDOMETER, BUT I JUST IF THE LIGHT WAS ON, I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE ADHERED TO THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE SPEEDOMETER.

BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS NO LIGHT ON TO INDICATE AS SUCH.

SO ARE YOU SAYING THE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING? NO, SIR, IT WAS NOT. ABSOLUTELY NOT. IS THAT SO? THAT IS THE OFFENSE YOU'RE PRESENTING TODAY THAT WHEN YOU HIT THE SCHOOL ZONE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING AT THAT TIME? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY. SO THEIR DELIGHT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FLASHING WHEN YOU GET A SPEEDING TICKET. SO THE SCHOOL CAMERAS PHONE CAMERAS ARE ON THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY HOURS, 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL AND 30 MINUTES UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL.

SO DURING THE FLASHER TIMES, YOU WOULD GET A SPEED LIMIT BASED ON THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED.

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DURING THE FLASHER TIMES. HOWEVER, AFTER THE FLASHER TIMES ARE OFF, YOU COULD STILL GET A GET GET A SPEEDING TICKET OR A VIOLATION AFTER THOSE HOURS WITHOUT THE LIGHT FLASHING IF YOU'RE DOING 11 OVER.

SO THE LIGHT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FLASHING FOR YOU TO GET A VIOLATION.

IT JUST CHANGES THE SPEED AT WHICH YOU GET A VIOLATION AT I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH. WELL, LIKE I SAID I PLEAD ON THE COURT, I NUMBER ONE, I CAN'T AFFORD THIS.

I'M, I'M A, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY BECOME A WIDOW.

HAD TO HAVE NO FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS BAND.

AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IF I WAS SPEEDING THAT I WOULD NOT EVER DO THAT AGAIN.

AND I'LL BE COGNIZANT OF MY SPEED GOING DOWN THAT STREET IN ANY OTHER AREA WHERE THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO ME, I FIND THAT IN NOTICE NUMBER.

2030 8000 4400 9337. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED THAT THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED VIOLATION TO BE UPHELD. I'M SORRY.

THERE WAS NO LEGAL EXCUSE WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE UPHELD THAT I ORDERED THAT KAREN MARTIN PAY THE SCHOOL ZONE PENALTY FINE OF $100, PLUS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST OF $75, FOR A TOTAL OF $175.

I'M SORRY. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THAT? A LONG TIME, I. I DON'T HAVE THAT. NORMALLY IT'S 30 DAYS.

I COULD PUSH IT OUT TO TO 90 DAYS TO PAY IT. ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE OTHER ONE? WELL, THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT HEARING ALTOGETHER. AND WE COULD PUT IT ALL.

WE WILL WORK OUT WHATEVER WE DECIDE ON THE OTHER ONE.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. BUT I DECIDE THE OTHER ONE YET.

OKAY. WHY ARE YOU DECIDING THAT? BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT DO THAT.

I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THERE HAS TO BE A LEGAL EXCUSE WHY YOU'RE NOT FIND I IF I CAN'T, WE CAN'T BASE IT UPON PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, INCOME, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THIS HAS TO BE BASED ON WHETHER YOU VIOLATED OR DIDN'T VIOLATE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT I EVEN DID OR NOT. I MEAN, THIS THIS IS THE TIME TO REFUTE IT.

THE CAMERAS DON'T EVEN WORK PROPERLY. WELL, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I EVEN COMMITTED THIS.

IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE CAMERAS WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY AT THAT TIME, YOU COULD PRESENT IT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU FEEL MY DECISION IS NOT CORRECT, YOU CAN APPEAL IT.

YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THAT DISCRETION TO DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME THIS SECOND THAT I COULD DISMISS YOUR TICKET. I WISH I DID, BUT I DON'T. SO AT THIS TIME, THAT TICKET. WHY WAS OTHER OTHER PEOPLE'S DISMISSED? AND MINE'S NOT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE DISMISSED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE.

I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T DISMISSED ANY. I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TOLD THAT THEIRS WAS DISMISSED.

YOU ARE THE FIRST CASE IN FRONT OF ME THIS MORNING.

SO IF THERE'S OTHER CASES DISMISSED THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT A HEARING.

SO THAT WAS NEVER PRESENTED BEFORE THE BODY BEFORE BEFORE ME.

SO I AGAIN, UNTIL I GET A LEGAL REASON WHY I CAN'T, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STATUTE.

I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ORDINANCES. AND AT THIS POINT I WOULD HAVE I FOUND THAT THE VIOLATIONS BEING UPHELD.

SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT CASE AND WE CAN DISCUSS THE NEXT CASE.

OKAY. I JUST NEEDED TIME FOR HER DEADLINE TO PAY.

I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. 90 DAYS FROM TODAY.

I EXTEND THAT OUT. HER NEXT VIOLATION NUMBER IS 203080004393482901.

829. GOT IT. OKAY.

OKAY, I HAVE THE CASE UP. CITY. PRESENT YOUR EVIDENCE, PLEASE.

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WE'RE JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOUR HONOR. WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR HER IN FOR EVERY CASE.

WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR HER IN FOR EVERY CASE. JUST PROCEDURALLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S OKAY.

THEY'RE ALREADY SWORN IN. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SWORN IN. SHE'S ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN FOR THE PREVIOUS CASE. YOU'RE ALREADY SWORN INTO, AND YOU REMAIN UNDER THIS. SO I'M SWEARING IN ONCE FOR THE WHOLE DAY. I WILL TRUST, OKAY.

OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. AND PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COURT.

LIEUTENANT VIRGINIA KILMER, AND WE HAVE A TICKET IN FRONT OF US.

CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THIS TICKET? FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. AND IT'S GLENHAM DRIVE. ALL RIGHT.

AND IS THAT IN PALM BAY? IT IS. ALL RIGHT. AND DOES THE TAG MATCH THE VEHICLE? YES IT DOES. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DRIVER? KAREN MARTIN. THANK YOU. AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED? OH, AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED IN THIS AREA? 30MPH. AND WHAT IS THE SPEED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS CAPTURED GOING 46MPH.

OKAY. AND IS THIS CAMERA BEEN CERTIFIED AND CHECKED RECENTLY? YES, IT WAS DONE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. SUBJECT TO RECALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MISS MARTIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT A DEFENSE ON.

WELL, IT'S THE SAME SITUATION. SAME DEFENSE. OKAY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO. SO WHAT? THE SAME DEFENSE FROM THE LAST CASE WHICH ENDED IN THREE, THREE, SEVEN. THE SAME DEFENSE USED FOR THIS CASE. CORRECT? I JUST DON'T KNOW THE TIMING. YOU KNOW THAT THAT SAME TIME.

THAT SEEMS SO SUSPICIOUS TO ME, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT IT'S SO SUSPICIOUS THAT THAT SAME LITTLE AREA RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD CAPTURE THAT. SO. OKAY. WELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO. OKAY. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, I FIND THAT NOTICE 2030 8000 4393 4829. THAT THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED. I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD THE SPEED VIOLATION THAT THE THE FINES GOING TO BE $100 PENALTY, AND I'M GOING TO WAIVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE ON THIS ONE FOR YOU, THE $75, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE FORCING THE OTHER ONE.

SO I'M GOING TO FIND YOU $100 ON THIS ONE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE PAYMENT WITH THE OTHER ONE FOR THE 90 DAYS OKAY.

SO THAT THAT WOULD PRESENT THE CASE. YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO ADD? ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO GET THE FUNDS, BUT.

OKAY, BUT I DID. MY THE CITY IS GOING TO WAIVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON THE SECOND ONE JUST BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD THE HEARING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF IF YOUR CASE IS THEN DONE WITH WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CASE.

THANK YOU. SO WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? DO YOU WILL GET NOTICE FROM THE CITY WITHIN A DAY OR TWO. IN THE MAIL OR BY I DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW.

YOU WOULD NOT GET ANY PAPERWORK TODAY. YOU WILL RECEIVE PAPERWORK.

I'LL TELL. YOU SAYING THAT? SO IF YOU DO. NOT WANT TO. OKAY. SORRY.

AGAIN. I KNOW. READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE? YES. YES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE IS FOR PHILIP RAY BOWMAN.

CITATION 2030 8000 4387 7515.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. MR. GORDON, CAN WE JUST SWEAR EVERYONE IN AS A MASS? SWEAR IN NOW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT FOR EACH ONE.

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IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND AND RAISE THEIR RIGHT HAND WILL SWEAR EVERYONE IN AT THE SAME TIME.

[SWEARING IN]

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY.

OKAY. THIS IS THE CASE OF PHILIP RAY BOWMAN. 2030 8000 4387 7515.

[HEARINGS (Part 2 of 2)]

IS A CITY READY TO PRESENT? YES, YOUR HONOR. OKAY, THEN PLEASE PRESENT THE CASE.

THANK YOU. PLEASE INTRODUCE MR. KILMER. THANK YOU.

REMAIN UNDER OATH, LIEUTENANT. YES, SIR. AND IN FRONT OF US, WE HAVE A TICKET.

CAN YOU PLEASE STATE THE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION OF THAT TICKET? YES. FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 AT 8:01 A.M.. I WILL SIT DOWN.

WHAT'S THE LOCATION? IT'S PALM BAY. SORRY. BABCOCK STREET AND IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

AND IS THAT LOCATION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY? IT IS. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND DOES THE TAG MATCH THE VEHICLE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH? IT DOES. OKAY. AND WHO IS THE LISTED OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE? PHILIP RAY BOWMAN. AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD? 20MPH. AND WHAT SPEED WAS THE VEHICLE TRAVELING WHEN IT WAS CAPTURED? 31MPH. AND WAS THE CAMERA CERTIFIED AND CALIBRATED? YES. ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. THANK YOU. LIEUTENANT.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS SUBJECT TO RECALL. THANK YOU.

MR. BOWMAN, DO YOU LIKE TO PRESENT A DEFENSE? I WOULD. I AM CURIOUS, THE ACTUAL POSTED LIKE THE REGULAR POSTED WHEN THAT LIGHT IS NOT FLASHING IS 40.

CORRECT. OKAY. IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THE CITY.

OKAY, SO WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? THE MAYOR.

PLEASE STOP. THE POST REGULAR POSTED IS 40MPH.

CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE SAYING WHEN IT'S NOT ON TIME, IT'S 40 MILES AN HOUR.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING? CORRECT. AND I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT THE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING. OKAY.

DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT HIS LEGAL EXCUSES THAT THE LIGHT WAS NOT FLASHING? DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE TESTIMONY WITH REGARD TO? I CAN ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR. OKAY.

YEAH. I'M CONFUSED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PURSUANT TO HOW THESE CAMERAS WORK WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME IN WHICH THE CAMERAS TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AND TRACK SPEED DURING SCHOOL ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL DURING FLASHER TIMES AND WHEN SCHOOL KIDS ARE IN SESSION.

AND DOES IT ALSO START BEFORE AND AFTER THOSE HOURS, 30 MINUTES BEFOREHAND AND 30 MINUTES AFTER THE END OF SCHOOL? OKAY. AND DOES THE FLASHER NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE FLASHING FOR THE CAMERA TO BE ACTIVE AND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS? IT DOES NOT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT THE TESTIMONY HAS BEEN THAT THE LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE TO FLASH IF THE TIME ON THE SIGNS ARE CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. AND AT ANY TIME DURING THOSE TIMES ON THE SIGN, WHETHER THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING OR NOT, THE CAMERA COULD BE OPERABLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

OKAY. SO ARE YOU REFUTING THE TIME THAT YOU WERE CAUGHT? WERE YOU THERE DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE TIME? I AM NOT REFUTING THE TIME.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CASE OF THE PREVIOUS PERSON, THE PREVIOUS PERSON WAS NOTIFIED OF THAT.

THE SPEED LIMIT THAT WAS POSTED DURING FLASHING.

WHEN IT'S NOT FLASHING, WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT WAS POSTED.

SO SHE WAS INFORMED THAT IT'S REGULARLY 40. I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT THAT ROAD STRIP IS NOT REGULARLY JUST 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SO THAT'S AN UNFAIR. THAT'S UNFAIR. IF YOU'RE GOING TO AFFORD SOMEBODY GIVE SOMEBODY THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN THAT'S NOT IN SCHOOL ZONE. YOU SAID IT WAS 40. OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT CASE. BUT I WAS NOT GOING OVER THE REGULARLY POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING.

THAT'S TWO CONTRADICTORY SIGNS. OKAY. WELL, WHAT? I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL ASK THE CITY.

THERE'S A SIGNPOSTED WITH WITH TIMES ON IT. CORRECT.

THAT THE SCHOOL ZONE IS ACTIVE. CORRECT. SO THE 20 MILE VIOLATION IS WITHIN THE 20 MILE PER HOUR FLASHER TIMES.

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OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S 20MPH. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE TESTIMONY.

I'M NOT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD ON THE SIGNS, THE LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE TO FLASH. BUT THE CAMERAS CAN BE OPERABLE.

CORRECT. BUT HIS HIS TIME IS 20MPH. SO THEY WERE WITHIN THE SCHOOL FLASHER TIMES.

SO HE WAS HIS VIOLATION CAME IN AT 11 OVER THE 20MPH AT 31MPH.

OKAY, MR. BOEHM, IT WAS NOT FLASHING. AND I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. THE QUESTION AT THAT TIME, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING. THE INFORMATION I'M FROM, I GATHER FROM THIS AND THE STATUTE IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FLASHING, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TESTIFYING TO.

IT JUST HAS TO BE IN THAT TIME PERIOD ON THE SIGN THAT SAYS IT'S A SCHOOL ZONE.

SO IT SAYS FROM 830, I DON'T I'M ONLY THROWING THESE NUMBERS OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS, BUT THE SCIENCE SAYS HERE.

OKAY. SO YOU HAVE THE PICTURE OF THE SIGN, THE SIGN.

SO I WILL LOOK AT ANY. I WILL LOOK AT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PRESENT TO ME IF I JUST HAND IT TO THE CLERK.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I WANT TO SHOW THIS TO THE CITY THAT WHAT MR. BOWMAN HAS HANDED ME IS A PICTURE OF A SIGN WITH NO TIMES ON IT.

IS THERE OTHER SIGNS THAT HAVE TIMES? WHEN WAS THIS TAKEN? WAS TAKEN? I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH IT, BUT I DON'T MEAN EITHER.

AND THAT'S YOUR POINT, CORRECT? THAT IS MY POINT.

OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE ONE SCREENSHOT. I HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF THAT.

THE DATE AND I. JUST A MOMENT. THAT'S THAT'S MY SCREENSHOT OF THE TIME AND DATE. MARCH 11TH AT 801. OKAY. SO I WENT ON A SEPARATE DATE TO SHOW THAT AT 801.

IT IS NOT FLASHING, WHICH IS THE 801 IS THE TIME THAT I WAS TICKETED.

SO. WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY TESTIMONY AS TO WHEN THE SCREWS ON TIME STARTS AT THAT SCHOOL? OKAY. IT WAS LIKE A HE DID IT LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH LIKE THREE WEEKS LATER.

IF I, IF I MAY RE QUESTION HER FOR JUST A MOMENT, IF I, IF I MAY RE QUESTION HER FOR JUST A MOMENT.

OKAY. OKAY. AT SOME POINT WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE HAVE POSTED THE SIGNS.

IS THAT CORRECT, OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE. WE DID A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THAT? YEAH. SO WE CHANGED THE SIGNS THAT SAID JUST SPEED AND FORCE.

TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, WE CHANGED THEM TO ACTUAL TIMES.

AND WHEN WAS THAT DONE? BACK IN MARCH. OKAY. OKAY.

SO BACK IN MARCH. SO BY THAT, MY DATE IS 224.

SO IF YOU POSTED IT BACK IN MARCH, THIS WAS AFTER THE FACT.

WHEN MY DATE IS 224. HIS VIOLATION DATE IS POINTED AS ITS FEBRUARY 24TH OF 2025 AT 801.

OKAY. OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT HOW HOW THE POSTED TIMES FOR WHEN IT STARTS, IT HAS HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN IN RELATION TO THE PHOTO THAT HE'S PRESENTED TO THE COURT. CORRECT. WE CHANGED THE SIGNS TO MAKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.

SO IT'S JUST NOT PHOTO ENFORCED. OKAY. WHEN WE ACTUALLY WE CHANGED THE SIGN.

SO IT'S CLEAR EXACTLY WHEN IT WAS PHOTO ENFORCED TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC.

WHEN DID THOSE SIGNS GO UP? WHEN WERE THEY CHANGED? ASK THE QUESTION.

YOU JUST SAID MARCH. SO MARCH. YES. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AFTER THIS TICKET WAS ISSUED.

RIGHT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER TESTIMONY, SIR? DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER. OKAY. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE BEFORE ME, I FIND NOTICE NUMBER 030800043877515. THAT BE DISMISSED? THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, SIR. OUR NEXT CASE. CITATION 2030 8000 4366 2952 STEPHEN TRAVAGLINO HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

2030 8000 4228 9939. MISS YOLANDA DIAZ HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

WHAT WAS THE LAST FOUR DIGITS? 993999. I'M SORRY. THIS WAS. WHICH CASE? THAT ONE WAS DISMISSED.

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OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT YOLANDA DIAZ. THAT ONE HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

THAT'S DISMISSED. OKAY. THIS ONE IS ALSO DISMISSED.

203080004420488 FOR BRANDON P MOORE WAS ALSO DISMISSED.

ARE THEY BEING DISMISSED OR WITHDRAWN? THE 484 HAS BEEN DISMISSED.

I WANT TO WITHDRAWN. RIGHT. THEY'RE BEING WITHDRAWN.

THEY'RE NOT BEING DISMISSED AND NOT BEING PRESENTED. SO THERE'S NOTHING TO DISMISS. THE CITY HAS WITHDRAWN THE REQUEST.

OKAY. OKAY. SO FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS ALL FOR THE RECORD.

THAT'S ALL. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD MORNING.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. BEFORE WE START. WHAT CASE IS THIS? BRANDON MOORE, YOUR CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE CITY.

YOU'RE FREE TO GO. HOLD ON. BOTH OF THEM? YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, SIR, YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

IT'S A GOOD DAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY, SIR. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ONE. MARY ANN PEARSON, THE LAST FOUR IS EIGHT, SIX, FIVE, SEVEN.

HERS WAS ALSO WITHDRAWN FROM THE CITY. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE.

SELMONT. 2030 8000 4399 3079.

OKAY. THAT'S SELMONT. CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ONE SECOND.

SORRY.

OKAY.

OKAY. YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, CORRECT? YES. OKAY.

SO, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT? YES. YOUR HONOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ANSWER THAT, SIR? WE LOOK TO DISMISS THIS CASE.

OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. THE CASE IS NOW DISMISSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE NO FURTHER ACTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CASE IS 2030 8000 4372 4501 ASHLEY VAN SKYHAWK.

OKAY. OKAY.

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OKAY. SO ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT? YES, YOUR HONOR.

PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CASE. THANK YOU. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COURT.

LIEUTENANT VIRGINIA KILMER AND LIEUTENANT, YOU HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUT UNDER OATH AND STILL ARE.

OKAY. YES. BEFORE US, WE HAVE A TICKET. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US THE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION OF THIS? CAN YOU PLEASE TALK TO THE MICROPHONE? I'M SORRY. SORRY, YOUR HONOR. FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025 AT 2:50 P.M.

BABCOCK STREET, ROYAL PALM CHARTER, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

OKAY. AND DOES THE TAG MATCH THE VEHICLE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH? YES IT DOES. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO OWNS THIS VEHICLE? ASHLEY ANNE MARIE MARIE VAN SKYHAWK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND WAS THIS TIME WAS THIS DURING SCHOOL TIME? SCHOOL HOURS? YES, IT WAS A SCHOOL ZONE. FLASHER TIMES.

ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THIS SECTION OF ROAD DURING THESE TIMES IS 20MPH.

AND WHAT WAS HER SPEED AS CAPTURED BY THE CAMERA SYSTEM? 40MPH. AND HAS THE CAMERA SYSTEM BEEN CALIBRATED? YES. ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT 2:02 A.M.. THANK YOU.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SUBJECT TO RECALL, YOUR HONOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES. HI. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY VAN SKYHAWK. I RESIDE AT 2724 AVENUE IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

I AM HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE THE FLASHERS WERE NOT WORKING WHEN THIS TICKET WAS ISSUED.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLASHER COMING OVER 95 WELL AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL AREA.

THEY WERE NOT PUTTING OUT ANY KIND OF WARNING.

AND THIS WAS ALSO PRIOR TO THE SIGN UP DATES BY THE CITY.

FOR THE CONFUSION THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN THIS WAS ALL IMPLEMENTED.

IT WAS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A FEW DAYS FOLLOWING THIS, THE CAMERA AND THE SYSTEM WAS SHUT DOWN FOR INACCURACIES.

AND I THINK LATER REOPENED IN LATE MARCH. BUT I'M HERE JUST TO STATE THAT THEY WERE NOT FLASHING.

THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT IT WAS SCHOOL ZONE TIME AT THAT TIME.

OR I WOULD HAVE YIELDED. I HAVE NO SPEEDING TICKETS EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, ESPECIALLY IN A SCHOOL ZONE.

THAT'S THAT'S REALLY EVERYTHING I HAVE. SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU SAID THERE WAS NO FLASHING LIGHTS AT THE TIME.

CORRECT. RIGHT. DID THE SIGN HAVE THE TIMES OF SCHOOL ZONE? THEY WERE NOT CLEAR. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME REVISIONS DONE FOLLOWING THE DATE OF MY SPEEDING TICKET THAT WERE CHANGED IN MARCH.

AT DRIVING, I DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T I DID GO BACK LATER TO LOOK AT THE SIGNS, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN UPDATED, I BELIEVE, BY THE TIME I MADE IT BACK, BY THE TIME I RECEIVED THE TICKET, DROVE BACK THERE, SPOKE TO OTHER PARENTS WHO WERE ALSO DEALING WITH THESE THINGS GOING ON.

OKAY, SO YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE SIGNS AT THAT TIME? I DO NOT, I JUST KNOW THAT THEY WERE UPDATED FOR CLARITY FOLLOWING THIS TICKET, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I LOOKED INTO IT BECAUSE I WOULD I WOULD NEVER SPEED IN A SCHOOL ZONE.

I HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. OKAY, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY ABOUT THE SIGNS TO WHERE THE SIGNS.

TIMES POSTED ON FEBRUARY 21ST OF 2025. FOR THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL ZONE.

I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER TESTIMONY YOU WANT TO PRESENT? ANY OTHER TESTIMONY YOU WANT TO PRESENT? NO, SIR. OKAY.

I FIND IN NOTICE NUMBER 2030 8000 4372 4501. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED THAT THE SCHOOL SPEED VIOLATION BE DISMISSED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT FOR NOW, I'LL JUST CHECK AND MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THE LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE TO FLASH FOR YOU TO HAVE TO DO THE SPEED LIMIT.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. YES, SIR.

OKAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU TOO. THIS CASE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE CITY.

2030 8000 4221 5484. YOLANDA DIAZ. I'M SORRY.

WHAT WAS THE LAST FOUR DIGITS? 5484. THAT ONE WAS WITHDRAWN BY THE CITY.

OH WAS WITHDRAWN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS NEXT ONE IS KIERA MARIE TORREY.

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203080004395145341453.

OKAY. GOT IT.

OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT ITS CASE? YES, YOUR HONOR. OKAY. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COURT.

LIEUTENANT VIRGINIA KILMER. AND YOU'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SWORN UNDER OATH AND REMAIN SO.

YES, SIR. WHAT IS THE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION OF THIS TICKET THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? IT'S FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025, 3:02 P.M.. IT'S BABCOCK STREET, ROYAL PALM BAY, CHARTER, PALM BAY, CITY OF PALM BAY. OKAY. AND IS THAT TIME DURING SCHOOL HOURS? IT IS. AND DOES THE TAG MATCH THE VEHICLE? YES IT DOES.

AND WHO IS THE OWNER OF SAID VEHICLE? SEQUOIA.

TORY. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED TO THIS STRETCH OF ROAD DURING THIS TIME FRAME? IT'S 20MPH. OKAY. AND WHAT WAS HER SPEED IN WHICH SHE WAS CAPTURED 32MPH? AND HAS THE CAMERA SYSTEM BEEN CALIBRATED AND CERTIFIED? YES. FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 AT 2 A.M.. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. SUBJECT TO RECALL.

OKAY. MISS TROY, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT YOUR EVIDENCE? YES. PLEASE TALK TO ME. MY NAME IS SEQUOIA TORY.

MY ADDRESS IS 3980 1/46 STREET, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA.

32967. WHEN I CAME THROUGH THE SCHOOL ZONE, I DIDN'T SEE ANY FLASHING LIGHTS ON.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY. I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY TIMES ON THERE BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVE BY THERE.

AND I WENT BY THERE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY TIMES ON THE ON THE SCHOOL ZONE THAT'S LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL, RIGHT OFF THE BABCOCK. AND I ALSO DID MY RESEARCH AND SEEING THAT DAYS LATER THAT IT WAS GLITCHES WITH THIS CAMERA THAT THEY COULD THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT.

AND I ALSO SEE ON MY ON MY PICTURE, MY PHOTO THAT I WAS ACTUALLY SLOWING DOWN WHEN I WAS PUSHING ON MY BRAKES.

YOU CAN SEE MY BRAKE LIGHTS ON. SO I DON'T SEE ANY WAY OF ME HAVING ANY WAY OF SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL ZONE.

AND IF I DIDN'T SEE ANY SCHOOL LIGHTS ON, I'M VERY.

I'M FROM ANY RIVER COUNTY AND I'M VERY AWARE OF SCHOOL ZONES BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICERS THAT SIT IN SCHOOL ZONES.

AND AND THAT'S. YEAH. OKAY. I'M, I NEVER SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES AND I'VE WORKED MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD, SO I KNOW NOT TO SPEED IN THE SCHOOL ZONE. OKAY.

DID I, I WOULD LIKE TO READ QUESTION. OKAY. PLEASE.

LIEUTENANT, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT THROUGH THIS ZONE? 45. 45. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT HERE.

OKAY. YOUR HONOR. THE NORMAL SPEED THROUGH HERE IS 45.

SHE WAS CAPTURED GOING 32. AND THE SPEED, THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT FOR A SCHOOL ZONE AT THIS TIME IS 20.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE 32 AND A 45 FOR NO REASON.

SO I BELIEVE THAT IN THIS PICTURE THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN.

SHE MAY HAVE BEEN SLOWING DOWN. THAT'S TRUE. SHE MAY HAVE REALIZED THEN SHE WAS IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND BEEN SLOWING DOWN TO ATTEMPT TO REACH THAT SPEED.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT AT THIS TIME, CONSIDERING THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT THROUGH HERE IS 45 THAT SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT THIS WAS A SCHOOL ZONE, AND THAT WOULD BE WHY HER SPEED IS, YOU KNOW, FAR LESS THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

SO IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A STOPLIGHT. YOU HAVE YOUR CHANCE.

WE DO IT ALL. NO PROBLEM. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK.

OKAY. SO IT MAY BE MORE THAN THE SPEED ZONE. THE THE SCHOOL ZONE LIMIT.

BUT IT'S LESS FAR LESS THAN THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT.

OKAY. OKAY. YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? YES. ALSO IT'S A STOPLIGHT.

IT'S A RED LIGHT RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE WHERE THE THE THE CAMERA AND EVERYTHING SITS AT.

SO THE PICTURE'S RIGHT THERE. YOU SEE THE PICTURE? YES.

I HAVE THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT HERE.

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OKAY. I CLEARLY HAVE IT. I HAVE MY VIDEO IN FRONT OF ME AS WELL.

OKAY. YES. OKAY. I SEE YOUR YOUR TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON.

SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE SLOWING DOWN FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT? NO, NOT FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

NO. I WAS PASSING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THAT'S WHY I PASSED A TRAFFIC LIGHT.

IT WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, AHEAD OF ME THAT WAS SLOWING DOWN.

THAT'S WHY I WAS SLOWING DOWN. OKAY.

AND IN THE VIDEO, YOU CANNOT SEE THE CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.

DO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE VIDEO? SURE. YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T SEE THE CAR IN FRONT OF YOU? NO I DON'T. I DIDN'T EITHER, I HAVE THE VIDEO TOO, SO.

OKAY. I WATCHED IT. THERE'S NO REASON TO WATCH THE VIDEO. BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ONLY SHOWING ME, LIKE IT'S ONLY SHOWING ME IN THE OTHER CAR THAT'S COMING MY DIRECTION. IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW ANY OTHER VEHICLE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

OKAY.

THIS TICKET WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 24TH. YES.

BEFORE. PRIOR TO THE SIGNS AGAIN BEING CHANGED.

YES. OKAY. DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SIGNS IN THAT SPEED ZONE? THAT SCHOOL ZONE? DID YOU SEE THE SIGNS? WERE THERE SIGNS THERE? NO, THERE WAS NO SIGN THERE AT THE TIME. I DIDN'T SEE NO TIME LIMIT THERE.

WHEN I WENT BACK TO SEE WHEN I GOT THIS IN THE MAIL, I WENT, I GOT THIS, BUT MY MARCH 5TH AND IT HAD TO BE PROBABLY UPDATED BY THEN.

BUT BEFORE THEN, AFTER WHEN I WAS ALWAYS COMING THROUGH THERE BECAUSE I JUST MOVED THIS WAY.

NEVER SEEN ANY TIME, ANY TIME ZONE THERE. OKAY.

IS THERE ANY ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE SIGNS WERE CORRECT AT THAT TIME ON FEBRUARY 24TH? I'M JUST LOOKING AT FEBRUARY 24TH, THAT TIME PERIOD THAT SHE SAID THAT SHE WENT THROUGH THAT ZONE.

NO. OKAY. OKAY.

AND BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY PRESENTED I FIND THAT NOTICE NUMBER 2030 8000 4395 1453 BE DISMISSED BASED UPON THE SIGNS. BUT IN THE FUTURE, I'M SURE THE SIGNS ARE NOT FIXED.

OH YEAH, BUT I ALSO, LIKE I SAID, I DID, I DID RESEARCH AS WELL THAT IT'S BEEN GLITCHES AND AND IT'S JUST YEAH, IT'S JUST A SCHOOL ZONE SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. YEAH. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. I HAVEN'T HAD A TICKET IN A LONG TIME.

OKAY. WELL THE NEXT ONE IS FOR BRANDON P MOORE, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE CITY.

THAT'S 2030 8000 4367 5252. OUR NEXT ONE IS FOR SKYLAR HARDY 2030 8000 4341 1153. OKAY.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MR. HARDY. CAN YOU PLEASE PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? SKYLAR HARDY, 1364 HARBOR STREET, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.

32908. OKAY. SO, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT? YES, YOUR HONOR.

OKAY. PLEASE PRESENT. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COURT.

LIEUTENANT VIRGINIA KILMER AND LIEUTENANT, YOU'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUT UNDER OATH AND REMAIN SO.

YES. WE HAVE HERE BEFORE US A SPEEDING TICKET.

WHAT IS THE TIME, DATE, AND LOCATION OF THAT TICKET? FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 AT 8:13 A.M.. THAT IS EASTBOUND WYOMING DRIVE.

ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL. PALM BAY IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU. AND DOES THE TAG MATCH THE VEHICLE? YES IT DOES. OKAY. AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE? SCHULER. HARDY. SKYLER. SKYLER. SORRY. NO PROBLEM.

AND WHAT IS THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT ON THIS ROAD DURING THIS TIME? 20MPH. OKAY. AND WHAT SPEED WAS HE CAPTURED? GOING 31MPH.

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AND IS THAT DURING A TIME WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION OR UP TO HALF AN HOUR BEFORE THAT? YES IT IS. AND WAS THE CAMERA CALIBRATED AND CERTIFIED? YES, IT WAS ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 AT 2 A.M..

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOW. SUBJECT TO RECALL.

YOUR HONOR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 08:15 A.M., YOU'RE TESTIFYING THAT THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING AT THAT TIME BASED UPON THE LOGS. I'M JUST JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY. I'M SORRY, I DID NOT.

WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? YES. MY QUESTION IS, ON FEBRUARY 19TH OF 2025 AT 850 8:13 A.M., THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING BASED UPON THE LOGS THAT ARE PRESENTED OF THOSE LIGHTS. I DON'T HAVE THE LOGS IN FRONT OF ME.

I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE, SIR. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MR. HARDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT YOUR DEFENSE? YEAH. SO THE REGULAR SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROAD AT THE TIME, THE VERBIAGE ON THE SIGN SAID WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING, THE SPEED IS REDUCED TO THIS PER SCHOOL ZONE.

AT 813, THE LIGHTS WERE NOT FLASHING. I HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE I'M ASSUMING THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY SPEED VIOLATION.

COM THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING FROM 6:55 A.M. TO 7:55 A.M.

AM AND FROM 2:05 P.M. TO 3:05 P.M.. SO AT 813 LIGHTS SHUT OFF AT 755.

MAY I SEE YOUR EVIDENCE, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. SO 31 AND 35.

I FEEL IT'S PRETTY REASONABLE.

WHO WERE YOU CHATTING WITH ON THIS LOG? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. SPEED VIOLATION.

COM. OKAY. CAN YOU SHOW ME, PLEASE? I'M BEING INFORMED THAT THERE'S A DISCREPANCY WITH THIS TICKET.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO BECAUSE OF A DISCREPANCY WITH IT FROM READ SPEED, WE'RE GOING TO BE DISMISSING IT. OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS.

TICKET DISMISSED. NO FURTHER ACTION IS NEEDED ON YOUR PART.

THANK YOU.

OUR LAST ONE IS FOR MISS CHRISTINA THOMAS. 2030 8000 4718 2776.

SHE WAS PRESENT. HOWEVER, SHE'S DECIDED TO PAY THIS CITATION AND SHE'S LEFT.

OKAY. DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF THE DOCKET? I GUESS WE ARE.

WE ARE DONE. AND WE WILL BE HOLDING THE NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 3RD AT 10:00.

SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING AND SHOWING UP. APPRECIATE IT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.