Louisiana attorney general calls for refunds from speed cameras

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Automated speed enforcement cameras have caught the attention of Attorney General Liz Murrill as she recently learned that no cooperative endeavor agreement is in place in New Orleans.

This agreement became a requirement in August of last year.

It wasn’t until just this month that the city turned the cameras off.

When Murrill learned of the city’s violation, she sent a notice stating that she would initiate a formal investigation and pursue malfeasance in office charges against all responsible officials if the city continued to violate the law.

“It is a requirement that is in the statute. It was in the statute before the current law was created to add malfeasance as an enforcement mechanism and penalty,” Murrill said.

Murrill says the city plans to keep the cameras off until a CEA is in place.

“That’s good that they were responsive to the concern that people could be charged with malfeasance if they were violating the law, so I think that was the right response,” Murrill said.

According to Murrill, the city collected about $2 million when the cameras were operating.

She is demanding that all of those funds be returned to the drivers.

While the cameras will be off for some time, the law will remain the same when it comes to school zone speeds.

“It’s still against the law to speed in a school zone and you could be ticketed by an actual police officer,” Murrill said.

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