by Nick Ochsner, 13News Now

WVEC.com

Posted on February 26, 2014 at 5:35 PM

Updated yesterday at 6:41 PM

VIRGINIA BEACH- Running a red light camera at intersections around Hampton Roads normally means a you'll get a fine of up to $50 in the mail.

But a 13News Now investigation has found that's not the case for all area drivers. City employees--including police officers--caught running red lights by cameras in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Newport News do not have to pay the fine for breaking the law.

Our investigation requested information for all of the red light camera violations for for the second half of 2013 from the cities of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Newport News. Those three cities had fully operational cameras during that time period.

In Virginia Beach, six city employees were caught blowing through solid red lights. Two of those employees were police officers.

In Chesapeake, cameras snapped five city employees breaking the law, including two police officers and a sheriff's deputy.

Newport News refused to provide information in response to our request without us paying hundreds of dollars.

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Police, city workers not getting fined for running red light cameras