Litigation targets red-light cameras

A former state trooper has filed a civil suit against the city of Springfield, asking a judge to void a red-light camera ordinance that took effect last year.

The suit, filed Wednesday by Adolph Belt Jr., is the first challenge of its kind to the city’s use of the cameras, which monitor traffic at four busy intersections.

It claims “the automated traffic control scheme operated by the City of Springfield is in conflict with the Constitution of the United States of America, the Constitution of the State of Missouri, the statutes and laws of the State of Missouri, and traditional notions of a free society.”

The case stems from a Sept. 16 hearing in which Belt, a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper for 30 years, was found liable for running a red light at Campbell Avenue and Battlefield Road.
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