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7C direction of approach, depending upon the type of system installed in the intersection. Page 2 Approximately 1.2 - 2 paid violations per day, per direction of approach, are required for the system to pay for itself. In addition to the monthly equipment and processing fees, there are personnel costs associated with the operation of a photo red light system. Accurately predicting these personnel costs is difficult, as the amount of processing work required is dictated by the number of red light violations captured by the camera system. The vendor of one system has suggested that evaluating a single violation takes as little as 10 - 20 seconds of personnel time, and evaluating all potential violations generated by a system that averages 60 violations per day can be accomplished in under 30 minutes. These evaluation times only address the initial review of potential violations, not the total time required for daily system management. The San Mateo Police Department employs two individuals, one per diem employee and one part-time retired police officer, to manage the day-to-day operation of their photo red light system. These employees work a combined total of 25 - 30 hours per week. The San Mateo photo red light system generates an average of 50 potential citations per day. These "hIts" are first screened by the vendor, categorized as either "Citations" or "Nominations", and then forwarded to the San Mateo Police Department for review. Per a representative from the San Mateo Police Department, straightforward "Citation" reviews take approximately one minute to evaluate, while questionable "Nominations" take 5 - 10 minutes and require additional follow-up and DMV records checks in an attempt to determine driver identity (i.e. the driver was not the registered owner, the vendor was unable to locate license information for the registered owner, etc). The per diem employee at the San Mateo Police Department works 5 - 10 hours per week managing some of the tasks associated with their photo red light system. These tasks include miscellaneous record keeping, written testimony preparation, and the preparation of a 10-page court package with supporting CD from the vendor when a violator challenges a citation. The retired police officer works 20 hours per week on tasks related to the photo red light system and is responsible for reviewing and accepting or rejecting potential violations, assembling testimony packages, providing viewing equipment at the court appearance, and testifying in traffic court. Typically this employee will make one court appearance per week on a photo red light citation. This employee is also tasked with reviewing violations with drivers that dispute the citation, but have not yet decided to fight the matter in traffic court. Alleged violators are offered an opportunity to come to the police department to view a video of the offense during an established timeframe. This additional time commitment will likely be reduced or eliminated soon due to the recent implem~ntation of on-line reviewing capability to the system. The City of San Mateo is considering the expansion of their current system by adding more red light camera controlled approaches or installing more cameras at a third intersection. The San Mateo Police Department will hire a second per diem employee to work 20 hours per week if additional cameras are added to the system. Based on -- ~ -- ~._ u______ _ _~