Georgia city ‘consistently altered’ speeding tickets: state investigation | Behind the Investigation

A South Georgia city has lost its ability to write speeding tickets for nearly six months after a state investigation uncovered it altered tickets to hide how much the city collected from citations.

According to a letter by the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS), the agency suspended the speed detection device permits for the city of Lenox for 180 days this past July. The state’s investigation found the city “consistently altered” tickets that “had the effect of excluding the fines and forfeitures for citations issued for speeding.”

Lenox is located about three hours south of Atlanta on Interstate 75, a popular route to Georgia’s coast and Florida.

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