AZ Speed Camera Operator Murdered in Radar Van

Robert Farago
by Robert Farago

KTAR.com reports that Phoenix, Arizona, police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a civilian photo radar operator. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), witnesses called police to Phoenix Arizona’s Loop 101 and Seventh Avenue at approximately 9 pm last night. They found operator Doug Georgianni, 51, dead from multiple gun wounds. The victim worked for Australia’s RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc., which operates photo radar vehicles for the AZ DPS. Police viewed the tape made by the radar van immediately after the shooting, and traced a gray and white Chevy suburban with a roof rack carrying a spare tire to a suburban driveway. They arrested its owner, 68-year-old Tom De Stories. Redflex pulled its 40 radar vehicles on state highways out of service until further notice.

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  • Redwood Redwood on Apr 21, 2009

    I'm not glad to hear what happened to the operator, but I am glad they pulled all of the vehicle cameras for now.

  • David C. Holzman David C. Holzman on Apr 21, 2009
    HEATHROI so the American Revolution was an merely some sort of intellectual flap over who would rule, London or Washington. Hmmm. Interesting I'm not sure what you're saying here. What I'm saying is that some of our democratic institutions owe a debt to the Algonquins. I haven't vetted this site, but it will probably give you an idea www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/ or maybe this forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-93484.html
  • Prj3ctm4yh3m Prj3ctm4yh3m on Apr 21, 2009

    a few months old, but interesting, nontheless. These Scamera companies are attempting to shortcut the legal proces, and ursurp authority they do not posses nor deserve. http://localism.com/blog/tx/posts/814853/Red-Light-Tickets-Have "they want to live by the technicalities, they get to die by the technicalities"

  • Rpn453 Rpn453 on Apr 21, 2009
    ctoan : If you think these speed cameras are a sufficient outrage to justify taking life, then take your own. Nothing can justify taking another’s life. I strongly disagree with your last sentence. The most obvious example: break into my house when I'm home and you will likely be justifiably killed. As long as you're facing me when I take you out, and I claim that I feared for my life, even our wussy courts will agree that it was justified. However, I agree that Georgianni did not deserve to die for being employed by a photo radar company.
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