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Philadelphia Traffic Court Shaken Up
 
  by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/19/11 11:14 am | updated: 12/19/11 11:14 am
 
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald Castille today announced a major shakeup in the wake of what he says is corruption and ticket-fixing at Philadelphia Traffic Court.

He has appointed Common Pleas Judge Gary Glazer, a former federal prosecutor of corruption cases, to take control of Traffic Court and oversee reforms.

Glazer said the reform will be a real one and is stepping in to restore public confidence in the traffic court.

Castille added that it remains unclear to him if the ticket fixing came primarily in exchange for political favors, or for monetary payments.




“The practice of accepting external requests for favorable treatment was so prevailing, that it has become institutionalized in the operations of the court,” Castille said, “and it involved administrative staff in addition to the judges.”

“The one thing that I am not interested in is some sort of band-aid, some sort of quick, short-term solution that’s going to fall by the wayside. We have to change how people think, and that’s going to take some time,” Glazer told reporters.

Castille also relieved administrative judge Michael Sullivan — the number two position at Traffic Court — of his duties, though Sullivan will continue to hear cases for the time being. Castille cited an ongoing federal investigation involving Sullivan.

Castille indicated that the ticket-fixing at Traffic Court appeared to involve both the judicial level and staff. And he wants cooperation going forward from the staff.

“We can take all administrative steps that we wish to, or desire to, or see a need for. We can suspend people, we can fire people. I have informed all the personnel that they have to cooperate with the FBI, and if they don’t, there’s various sanctions up to and including termination of employment,” Castille said.
 
 
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