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Resident urges ordinance to allow dash-cam video as evidence for reckless driving citations
Summary
A resident requested the city adopt an ordinance permitting dash-cam video to be used to cite vehicle owners when reckless driving is captured; the city attorney and police cautioned about legal limits of citing an owner instead of the driver.
Tom Berkeley, a resident of Pleasant Valley Forest Subdivision, told the Board he frequently observes vehicles passing him on Wild Horse Creek Road and other streets where a double yellow line is posted. He asked the Board to pass an ordinance that would allow dash-cam video to be submitted as evidence so that vehicle owners could be cited for reckless driving when they are recorded.
City Attorney Patrick Butler and Lt. Jason Bromwich responded that citing a vehicle's owner rather than the actual driver raises legal issues. The minutes record the exchange as a discussion of legal constraints, but do not show any motion or direction to staff to draft ordinance language. The matter remains a public comment that may inform future enforcement or ordinance proposals.
