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Label:
Public notice
Label:
Photo enforcement citation
Speed safety camera citation
SE Division St at SE 130th Ave (eastbound)
SE Division St at SE 130th Ave (eastbound)
Published
Portland's photo enforcement program is real, present-day automated enforcement.
This citation, every person named, and the disclosure format on this page are hypothetical. The program is not.
Respond by: September 8, 2026
Citation summary
A fixed speed safety camera on SE Division St at SE 130th Ave (eastbound), Portland, OR measured an eastbound vehicle at 47 mph in a posted 30 mph zone on the evening of August 3, 2026, and photographed the vehicle and its rear license plate. The camera did not issue this citation. On August 6, 2026 a sworn Portland Police Bureau officer reviewed the photographs, the speed measurement, and the camera's calibration record, confirmed the plate reading by eye, and issued the citation. It was mailed to the registered owner on August 7, 2026.
Citation information
- Citation number
- TSC 26-004417
- Type
- Photo Enforcement Citation Review — fixed speed safety camera
- Location
- SE Division St at SE 130th Ave (eastbound), Portland, OR
- Date and time of violation
- August 3, 2026, 7:41:12 p.m.
- Measured speed
- 47 mph in a posted 30 mph zone (17 mph over)
- Reviewed by
- Officer D. Okafor, Portland Police Bureau (reviewing officer)
- Citation issued
- August 6, 2026
- Citation mailed
- August 7, 2026
- Respond by
- September 8, 2026
- Program
- Fixed photo enforcement, Portland Bureau of Transportation
Automated systems used in this citation
An automated system started this citation. A person decided it.
- System
- Fixed Photo Enforcement (speed safety camera) (v2.1), operated by Portland Bureau of Transportation.
High risk — City AI Risk Model - What it did
- On August 3, 2026 it measured the vehicle's speed, photographed the vehicle and its plate, read the plate automatically, looked up the registered owner in vehicle registration records, and assembled an evidence packet for a sworn officer to review.
- What it was allowed to do
- Measure the speed of a passing vehicle
- Photograph the vehicle and its license plate
- Read the license plate automatically from the photograph
- Look up the registered owner in vehicle registration records
- Assemble an evidence packet and place it in a queue for review
- What it was not allowed to do
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- Issue a citation
- Determine who was driving the vehicle
- Decide guilt or set the fine amount
- Access any records about you beyond vehicle registration
- Take any action at all without review by a sworn police officer
A person made this decision. City policy BTS-4.04 (Artificial Intelligence Use, effective March 6, 2026) prohibits “automated decision-making without an appropriate level of human review, proportionate to the risk” where outcomes significantly affect people's rights or financial well-being.
- Information it considered
- Measured vehicle speed, 47 mph in a posted 30 mph zone (source: Camera unit (radar speed measurement))
- Photographs of the vehicle and of the rear license plate (source: Camera unit)
- License plate characters read automatically from the plate photograph (source: Camera unit (automated plate reading))
- Name and mailing address of the registered owner of the plate (source: Vehicle registration records)
- Current calibration record for the camera unit (source: Camera unit maintenance record)
- Information it did not consider
- Who was driving. The camera photographs the vehicle, not the person legally established as driving it.
- Income
- Demographics
- Prior driving record or prior citations
- Result
Candidate speed violation, 17 mph over the posted limit. Evidence packet forwarded for sworn-officer review; the system did not issue anything.
- Measured speed over posted limit: 47 mph measured in a posted 30 mph zone — 17 mph over. (primary factor)
- Plate reading: Plate characters read automatically from the plate photograph, confirmed by eye during officer review. (primary factor)
- Calibration record: The camera unit's calibration record was current at the time of the measurement. (secondary factor)
- Registered owner lookup: Name and mailing address obtained from vehicle registration records for the purpose of mailing the citation. (minor factor)
- Human action
Reviewing Police Officer, Portland Police Bureau — accepted the system's evidence packet.
A sworn officer reviewed the photographs, the speed measurement, and the calibration record, confirmed the plate reading by eye, and issued the citation. The camera cannot issue a citation.
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Decision trace
Every step the automated system and city staff took, in order. Steps 1 through 8 are the camera and its software. Steps 9 through 11 are people.
| # | When | Who acted | Action | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 3, 2026, 7:41:12 p.m. | Automated system | Read record | The camera unit measured the speed of an eastbound vehicle on SE Division St at SE 130th Ave: 47 mph in a posted 30 mph zone. |
| 2 | Aug 3, 2026, 7:41:12 p.m. | Automated system | Read record | The camera unit photographed the vehicle and its rear license plate. The photographs show the vehicle, not the driver. |
| 3 | Aug 3, 2026, 7:41:13 p.m. | Automated system | Read record | The camera unit attached its current calibration record to the images and speed measurement. |
| 4 | Aug 3, 2026, 7:41:15 p.m. | Automated system | Analyze | Automated plate reading converted the plate photograph to plate characters. The reading was marked for confirmation by eye during review. |
| 5 | Aug 3, 2026, 10:10:03 p.m. | Automated system | Read record | Looked up the registered owner of the plate in vehicle registration records to obtain a name and mailing address. No other record about any person was accessed. |
| 6 | Aug 3, 2026, 10:10:07 p.m. | Automated system | Analyze | Compared the measured speed to the posted limit at that location: 17 mph over. |
| 7 | Aug 3, 2026, 10:10:09 p.m. | Automated system | Flag | Flagged the event as a candidate violation because the measured speed exceeded the program's review threshold. |
| 8 | Aug 3, 2026, 10:10:11 p.m. | Automated system | Recommend | Assembled an evidence packet — photographs, speed measurement, plate reading, calibration record, registered owner — and placed it in the queue for sworn-officer review. No citation existed at this point. |
| 9 | Aug 6, 2026, 9:22:00 a.m. | Police officer | Human review | A sworn Portland Police Bureau officer opened the packet and reviewed the photographs, the speed measurement, the calibration record, and the plate reading against the plate photograph. |
| 10 | Aug 6, 2026, 9:26:00 a.m. | Police officer | Human decision | The reviewing officer confirmed the evidence and issued the citation. A citation exists only because a person decided to issue it. |
| 11 | Aug 7, 2026, 8:00:00 a.m. | City staff | Notice issued | Citation TSC 26-004417 mailed to the registered owner at the address on file with vehicle registration. |
Trace record: tsc-26-004417 · status: hypothetical
Report incorrect information
If a fact this system relied on is wrong, say so. Common examples: the plate was read incorrectly and the vehicle in the photograph is not yours; you sold or transferred the vehicle before the date of the violation; the registered-owner address is out of date; or you were not the driver. The camera photographs the vehicle, not the person driving it, so who was driving is not something this system established.
How to contest this citation
Respond to the citation to contest it in court. The citation itself states how and by when to respond, and the court handles the case from there. A response must be made by September 8, 2026. Fee: varies; listed on the citation.
The photographs, the speed measurement, and the camera's calibration record are part of the evidence in this case, and so is the fact that a sworn officer reviewed them before the citation was issued. This page exists so you can see all of it before you decide what to do.