City Of Dunwoody Offers Amnesty Program For Tickets, Warrants
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Next month, the city of Dunwoody is offering amnesty for people to clear unpaid tickets and warrants without having to pay penalties.
The Municipal Court of Dunwoody has held this program almost every year since 2012. For the month of June, Dunwoody residents can come to court and pay outstanding traffic citations or active bench warrants without any contempt of court fees.
Are Dunwoody’s courts filled with people trying to take advantage of this program?
“No … I wouldn’t say that necessarily,” said Bob Mullen, the city of Dunwoody’s director of communications. “It doesn’t really bring in huge differences. Really, the objective there is to try and resolve those old cases to free up some resources for the most recent cases,” Mullen says.
Mullen said that on average, the city’s municipal court sees about 200 cases a week. He said during amnesty weeks, the courts get about only three to five more cases.
“It does help us address a number of outstanding citations and warrants without the ‘failure to appear’ status,” Mullen said. “We really try and see it as an incentive for individuals.”
Other cities, including the city of Atlanta, hold amnesty programs for similar reasons.
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