(a) A law enforcement officer employed by the City shall examine evidence of alleged traffic law violations recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device to determine whether such a violation has occurred. If the image recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device shows such a violation, contains the date and time of the violation, and shows the letter and numerals on the license plate of the vehicle involved as well as the state that issued the license plate, the officer may use any lawful means to identify the registered owner.
(b) The fact that a person or entity is the registered owner of a motor vehicle is prima facie evidence that person or entity is the person who was operating the vehicle at the time of the traffic law violation.
(c) Within thirty (30) days of the traffic law violation, the City or its designee may issue and send by regular mail a ticket charging the registered owner with the violation. The ticket shall comply with Section 315.03.
(d) A certified copy of the ticket alleging a traffic law violation, sworn to or affirmed by a law enforcement officer employed by the City, including the electronic means and the recorded images produced by an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device used by a law enforcement officer at the date, time, and location where a violation occurred, is prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and is admissible in a proceeding for review of the ticket issued under this Section. (Od. 2022-051. Passed 10-13-22.)