From Niesha Lofing:
Rocklin red-light runners beware - citations will be issued to drivers caught violating red lights on camera at Rocklin Road and Interstate 80 beginning Friday.
The Rocklin Police Department added the intersection to its Red Light Photo Enforcement Program in early June and has been issuing warnings to violators since that time.
The camera monitors westbound traffic on Rocklin Road and the on- and off-ramp from westbound I-80, states a police news release.
The department typically gives drivers a 30-day warning period, the release states.
Citations will be given starting Friday.
There were 670 violations recorded by the cameras during the warning period. Of those, 310 were issued warnings and 183 violations are still being processed, the release states.
The department's photo enforcement program is administered by Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., an Arizona-based provider of traffic safety photo enforcement programs.
Rocklin police began its photo enforcement program in 2006.
According to the department's Web site, a red-light violation occurs when a driver deliberately enters an intersection after the signal light has turned red.
"Motorists who are already in an intersection when the signal changed to red - while waiting for a turn, for example - aren't red light running and are not ticketed," the department's Web site states.
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