You really need to pay attention to Tobashadow's post.
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Originally Posted by Tobashadow
You do understand all they did was Bond you out of jail?
If you read that again you have agreed to goto court there on July 2nd.
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You need to get in contact with a criminal defense attorney that works on the jurisdiction your case will be seen before court.
Heres an attorney locator tool. Make sure that if you retain him, you have evidence that you did (other than a verbal agreement), maybe a canceled check, fax, email, etc (maybe something happens on your court day and your attorney doesn't show up; now you have an arrest warrant issued out to you without your knowledge). Stay on top of your case no matter if you have retained an attorney - there are good ones and bad ones out there.
File a Freedom of Information Act request for any documents, videos, notes, etc, regarding you. Also make a FOIA request for the radar gun's maintenance record and the LEO's training record showing him to have current authority to use a radar gun (if his training has lapsed... legal technicality). Heres
Arkansas' FOIA website, read up under FOIA and start your request ASAP.
Contact a civil rights attorney (if your criminal defense attorney doesn't handle that type of case) and inquire about remedies under
42 USC Sec 1983. Heres a
brief guide my jurisdiction has available for cases where you can't find legal representation and have to go at it yourself (
pro se).
Find your US District Court to see if they have something similar.
Make certified true copies of your evidence before a notary public, that way if you ever have to give the originals to your attorney, you have a backup copy that is as good as the origials (stuff gets lost sometimes). You can also have the vehicle inspected (at your expense) for a faulty speedometer - could make your moving violation into a non moving one (lesser fine / offense).
Time is rolling, usually you get one year from the day you suffered damages to file suit - check the deadlines for the jurisdicition you plan to take action on (local/state/federal). Also, take note that in some jurisdictions you have less that a year (sometimes less than 6 months) to file an administrative complaint against a goverment official (in this case a LEO).
Be advised that sometimes IA may run under the "good ol' boy network". If that is the case, Arkansas may have some State Investigation Bureau or an equivalent (I couldn't find any info on one), look into it. You also may turn to the
FBI for "under color of law" violations.
PMme if you need aditional info.