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Judge explains Lake Forest Park photo‑enforcement rules, reduces fines and offers deferred findings
Summary
During a June 23, 2023 infraction calendar, Judge Jennifer Grant outlined how Lake Forest Park’s photo‑enforcement and school‑walk‑zone rules operate, and issued a mix of reductions, dismissals and deferred‑finding offers in multiple cases.
Judge Jennifer Grant on Friday explained the city’s photo‑enforcement program and the difference between a city’s school zone and a broader school‑walk‑zone before resolving a slate of traffic and photo‑enforcement cases.
The judge told defendants the posted speed limit on much of the enforcement corridor is 25 mph and that an active school zone — marked by flashing beacons — reduces the limit to 20 mph statewide. “When those kiddos are coming to and from school during those periods, we give extra warning that the speed limit has dropped,” Grant said, describing the beacons, signage and calibration records used to document speed violations.
The explanation prefaced a series of mitigation and contested hearings that produced mixed outcomes: several photo tickets were reduced, some were dismissed where the registered owner swore they were not the driver,…
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