Judge orders village to repay $1.8 million from speed camera tickets

Several elected village leaders quit amid the controversy over the speed cameras. Mayor Stephanie Morgan resigned in October, and four of the seven council members resigned in May. Robert Schmid, a former police officer who has been recruited to fill one of the council vacancies, eventually became mayor.

Elmwood Place is a suburb of Cincinnati. Ohio is working on a state ban on speed cameras.

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You need to remember the ruling is based on the way Elmwood Place wrote their ordinance. Under their ordinance a person receiving a ticket had no way to petition for a hearing and that is what was ruled as unconstitutional. There was no ruling against the cameras or the way they operated.

the village did not give proper notice;

You need to remember the ruling is based on the way Elmwood Place wrote their ordinance. Under their ordinance a person receiving a ticket had no way to petition for a hearing and that is what was ruled as unconstitutional. There was no ruling against the cameras or the way they operated.