Cops fighting speed camera tickets hurts county's image, officials say

The four Montgomery County police officers who won’t have to pay their speed camera tickets are undermining the public’s opinion of the police department and the speed camera program, elected officials said.

“This is a small group of officers who are refusing to pay when it appears they should have to,” said Council President Phil Andrews, D-Gaithersburg/Rockville. “The public is resentful when public employees are treated different than private citizens, unless there is a valid reason for the action.”